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FOREST AND STREAM. 



i will warrant for heavy r.liarees anil make this warranty on each can- 

 ister. In the same lime Ishall continue to make the kind which Bogar- 

 rtuB thinks best, ami I hope It will be used aceortllngto my instructions. 

 I will prove at any time that the accidents mentioned were not the fault 

 ol my powder if the remainder of the powder used will be sent to your 

 oince. I am willing to come to New York and make the tost in yonr 

 presence, or that of other sportsmen yon may appoint for that purpose. 



Carl Dittmak. 



Welles Corners, Out., Nov. 15, 1878. 

 EptioB Forest and Stkeam : 



1 Bee in your valuable paper considerable talk about Dittmar powder. 

 1 beg room in your columns to state what I know about this powder. 

 Over a year ago I first eaw this Dittmar powder ; acan of it wa9 sent by 

 yr. Dittmar to Sir. Geo. Nablo, of Flshervllle, Ont. I got some of i 

 from him to try, and as it worked well in my Maynard .85 cal. rifle, and 

 in aB3llard, Whitney and Stevens rifle we got a supply and the Fisher- 

 ville Club used it along. I have used no other powder in my Maynaru 



aDd Winchester rifles, cal. .Bis and .41, and found It to work so well 

 that I tried it in my .41 Maynard, which I am now using. The brand I 



used in .35 cal. Maynard was FFF, and 1 now use the F in my .44 cal. 

 Maynard and it gives the best of satisfaction. I can plu? a hole in a 4 

 inch ling nearly every time at 100 yards with it and I ean't do it if 1 use 

 black powder. 1 can recommend it to all who use a breech-loading rifle 

 1 have used the F in 14 bore muzzle-loading and breech-loading shot- 

 guns, and It gives better penetration and a better pattern ; besides 

 there is not the dirt, or smoke, or nasty smell that there is with Mac 

 powder. 1 am confident that the Dittmar powder la the best powder 

 made, and I will use no other as long as I can get the Dittmar. 

 Hoping these few remarks will find room in your valuable paper, I 

 am yours truly, ^ . R.M.Smith. 



AMERICAN GUNS. 



Editor Forest and Stream : 



Considerable has been written on this subject, BtlU it Is a vast amount 

 of trouble to many sportsmen who are about ordering a gun. We see 

 shaky gune of all qualities. Many persons thought that with the double 

 bolt and top lever they had a secure action, only to flud in a few years 

 the double bolts would not resist the action of gunpowder in its effort 

 totsistthebarrelBfrom right to left. I have experimented on tuts 

 effort of the barrels to revolve till 1 am fully convinced the under bolts 

 of a gun cannot hold it secure aDy length of time without the extension 

 of rib. 1 have seen several of the Wesson guns, made in Springfield, 

 Mass.," that had received hard usage for several years, with only a very 

 1 gilt '"extension ; and no under lugs remain as tight as when they left 

 the maker's hands. I can say the same of Westley Richards, London. 

 1 have just been shooting a W. H. Baker gun (Syracuse, X. Y.) made In 

 1875 It haB seen service as far west as Lower California, through 

 Arizona, along the Bio Grande ; been in camp among the Indians ; has 

 passed through six different hands ; had a darkey wedge and break in 

 a cleaning wad, then blow it out with a loaded shell, which rent the 

 barrel like a piece of strong linen ; still, with its light extension of rib 

 and one bolt, it is as tigtrt as ever. T Mb American gun cost $100, and I 

 believe do Imported gun could have worn better. Those Interested In 

 English guns olalm that onr makers do not make their guns. 

 1 have visited most of the best London makers, and 1 was 

 nformed they imported their barrels from Belgium, their Norway 

 ron from Norway. Thus we find American makers on the same 

 footing with their English cousins. I can name five American 

 gun builders who can build as fine guns as any London builder, provid- 

 ed they are paid the same price. We cannot expect to get an American 

 oun for $40 or $75 as good as an English $250 gun ; but I do say that for 

 tbe same money we can get a trifle better American, whether it be old 

 musket barrels or the finest Damascue. Onr makers have now turned 

 their attention to Express lineB. In this, they will confess, they are a 

 a BS i-.ehind. "Bat as the well-known correspondent, Mr. Van Dyke, 

 has had Nichols & Lefcvcr build him such a ritle as he described 

 . few wcets ago, 1 see no reason why American Express rifles will not 

 soon be in use in India and Africa as American target rifles are now at 



wlmbl edon. ^ *™°- 



WADS FOR BRASS SHELLS. 



Philadelphia, Nov. 6, ISIS, 

 Editor Forest and Stream: t ... a , „ _ 



Would answer your many inquiries as to the best wads for brass 

 shells to put over shot. I have tried all kinds, and find the "Fibre 

 Wads " made by the Delaware Cartridge Company, the only wads 

 to hold the shot seoure. I use a No. 10 gun and a No. 9 wad ; the No. 

 8's are too large and make the gun kick. The No. does all tbe work, 

 and equally as well. Those who use a No. 12 gun should use a No. 11 

 wad A great mistake many make is in cleaning their brass shells on 

 the Inside This is not required, and tends to hold the wads secure. 

 I have used brass shells for four years, and in that period have only 

 cleaned them twice. I do not write this as an advertisement, but for 

 information for those who have the above trouble. 



Thob. C. Steele. 

 Tbe Union. Metallic Cartridge Co. is now making a brass 

 sbell, of the Slurtevaut patent, which is indented for a cer- 

 tain 'distance in a manner which prevents the wad from 



getting loose. — Ed. 



_-~».— . 



A HINT TO SHELL MAKERS. 



GalvbstON, Texas, Oct. 98, JffI8. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



Our first cool weather is upon us, bringing large flocks of water- fowl 

 and jack snipe. I have as yet fonnd nothing to All shells up with that 

 doeB it nicely and properly. The shells, of course, when fired in the 

 gun should lit the chamber exactly, in length as well as otherwise; and 

 in order to crimp properly should be filled up to within a quarter of an 

 inch of the end. To put more than two wads over powder, or to cut 

 the shell down, is a nuisance. I have tried slipping a section of _ 

 smaller sized shell down to theliottom of the shell to be loaded-a ploce 

 long enough to come up about as high as the powder reaches. This 

 does very well, barring the trouble. Can't the shell makers get np 

 something of the sort-a short, thick paper tube? it would be inexpen- 

 sive, easily adjusted, and would effect the object. Beggar. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



championship op America.-A grand pigeon and glass ball snoot- 

 Ina wnmament Is to be held at the Brooklyn Driving Turk, November 

 S g J B »ntl 27 The first day will be devoted to a match tor the cham- 

 rtonshiP of Ainertca medal recently offered by Boganlus This will be 

 shot for at 20 siDgle and ten pairs double birds. The seeoi 



" ' ,; ,,, ....,,. 



Si' « Bogardns rules. A gold medal will go to the winner. 5 

 lav will be devi i ! Sen, pigeons and glass balls. 



;S; , | , . under the direction of Capt. A. H. Bogardns, 



who will not contend in any of the matches. The lists are open to the 

 American world. 



mow irn : - ■ 11-— Match between R. B. Angeli, New 



v,,rt Shooting Club, and E. Green, Monmoutn Shooting Ohio; M 

 birds; trap and handle tor each other; 25 yards rise, BO y&Ma 



n°« n »nwll 1 11110 1111111111111*01 1-20 



Edgar green.".' ° UliMilliloiouilloio-n 



i.ono Branch Guv Club— Sfcarltmmk, sweepstakes, 



25 birds : E. (;. Murphy, 80 yards, 16 ont or IS; O. Palmare. 25 yards, 7 

 out of 17. (second match: Dr. Zeliner at an yards killed7outof 9; 

 Fatmore at 2(1 yards killed 4 out ot a. Third match won by Messrs. 

 Walter. Wright and Zelluer, who tied a second time on B each at 

 30 yards. 



Limj Tiranch, Snv. IB.— Match between T. B. Owens, of Philadelphia, 

 and Dr. EI1U, New York ; 20 birds, 30 yards rise; Horltngluin rales: 



Thomas B Owens 11 11 1' 11 11 ol n i: rj] U— IT 



DrP Ellis 11 1111 10 tl 11 11 11 01 01—16 



t San not cocked and bird counted mis?ed by referee. 



Brooklyn Gun C'i.cb— (Sub Grovnda, ifm, 11.— Regular monthly 

 match at double birds ; handicap ; U and T plnuge traps : 



Gllder8leeve, 21 yards 10 n uo 11 n oo 31— 9 



Dr Wynn, 21 yards 10 11 n 00 11 11 li— li 



Wood,21yards 10 10 01 00 u ol 11—8 



Thompson, ill yards 10 10 10 11 01 lo 10—3 



Wtsuer, 21 yards 01 in 00 lo tl 11 n— 9 



Kntties, IS yards 01 u ul 11 11 00 11—10 



Bryer. 21 yard's n n 10 10 n 10 10— 10 



Dr Steele, 19 yards 11 00 00 11 10 10 10—7 



Elmtndorf, 19 yards 09 11 10 10 11 00 10—7 



match at double birds, at 26 yards rise, resulted as follows : 

 Dr Steele 11 11 lo 10 10—11—9 Woods li n oi 10 lo— 01— s 



jvu, xu, U., iiem tueii mummy ciuu suouiing lur tne chid oau^e on 

 Thursday, Nov. 14, at Monteverde'e Gram: street Park Columbusvllle, 

 L.I. Six of the members were present ; weather line, birds etrong; 

 21 yards rise, 60 yards boundary : 



O fluber 1 11110 111—8 



ThObrlg 1010000 1 5—5 



W Kampfmuiler 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 1—8 



BN Watts 1 1110 110 1—7 



PMcGill o 1111110 0-« 



P Hedemann, 30 yards l o o 1 1 i 1 i l— o 



Ties on eight. 



O Huber 1 l 1.0 0— S Kampfmuiler 1 1 o 1 1—4 



Sweepstakes followed In which U. Hede.mann and P. McGlll killed 

 eight birds straight each, 0. O. Huber and W. ICuniptintilltr 7 each. 



Brooklyn Gun Club— Cypress mils, L. I., Xov. 12.— Regular 



lonthly contest for the championship trcjihy, at double birds, seven 



pairs each, from plunge traps ; iiandlcappei rise, 100 yards distance : 



W Wynn, 21 yds rise 10 11 11 00 11 11 11—11 



Bryer,2iyds 11 u 10 lo 11 lo 10— 10 



Rattles, IS yds 01 11 10 11 11 00 11—10 



G T GilderBleeve, 21 yds 10 11 oo 11 It 10 01—9 



C wisuer, 21 yds ol 10 00 10 11 11 11—9 



II Woods, 21 yds 10 10 11 00 11 01 11— s 



J? Thompson, 19 yds 10 10 10 11 ol 10 10— 8 



ACIemendorf, 19 yds 00 li 10 10 11 00 01—7 



Dr Steele, 19 yds 11 00 00 11 10 10 10—7 



New York— Xewark, Oct 20.— A sportsmen's club has been organized 

 at Lyons, N. Y-, for the protection of game and glass ball trap shoot- 

 ing. The first match on the 25th was won by Lehn, and the second 

 match, for a silver badge, by Gamtz with a out of 10. 



Jewett 1 11110 1 1—7 CHolt 1 00010100 0—3 



J Fisher Oloioooiw Wilbur I 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—7 



JudHolt 00101011 0—1 >iulliken....l 1 o l 1 l i 1—7 



Lee 1 o l l l l l c 1-7 Rnbert l lllllioo 1—8 



Ed Fisher. ...1 11110010 1—7 Wllhelm 110 10 0] 1-5 



Kumsey 1 10 11111 1— S Beach 1110 10 1—5 



Angel 01010001 1-1 Wilcox 1 1 1 1 w 



Rupert won shoot off with six oat of ten. 



The second contest for the M. S. Smith and Co. Prize Cup resulted 



Jewett 10111001 1—6 CHolt o 1 1 (J— 2 



J Fisher ....1 01011100 1— G Wilber 1 1 1 1 1 11 1— € 



JudHolt 01100101 1—5 Mnlltken....o 110 10011 1—6 



Lee 10 1110 0—4 Robert 1 10 11 1—5 



E Fisher ....0 1 1 1 1 o-.i WUbclm 1 o 1 1 1 1 1—6 



Kumsey o l l l l o 1 l 0—6 Beach l l o o l o o l o o— J 



Angel 1011000 1-4 Wilcox o o o l l 1 l o o w 



Peculiar interest was manifested in this contest, as it was II e lira 

 oneln which the club had shot from a rotary trap, the trap nsed mt 

 this instance being Card's rotary. 



Ohio— VtenttaiJfoV.W.— Match between Geo. Davis, of Glrnrd, o., 

 and Thomas Wilson, ol this place. The conditions were that Davis 

 allowed Wilson to shoot at six birds while lie shot at live, Ground 

 trap, 21 yards rise, 80 yards boundary : 

 Davis 1 1 1—3 Wilson. 1 l 1 1 1 1—6 



Also match between William Morgan and Morgan Evans ; 10 birds 

 each : 

 Evans 11 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1—8 Morgan 1 ill I 111 1—9 



— See Bogardus' advertisement. 



htiaml 



Uniform Archery Soomura— Editor Form and Stream: 

 I, for one, think the suggestion of your correspondent, 

 "Archer," a most excellent one. Our club, the Oritani 

 Archers, will adopt the score of ten " ends" of three arrows 

 each, making thirty arrows, also the 48-inch target. I see, in 

 the score of the Highland Park Archery Club, they speak of 

 a 45-inch regulation target ; the regulation target is 48 inches. 



Jfeie York, A T m. 10, 1878. W. Holbeeton. 



Highland Park Archery Club— Nod, 13.— Match be- 

 tween Mr. Carver (90 yds.) and Dr. Weston (00 yds.), 90 ar- 

 rows each at regulation 4-foot target : 



Arrows. Hits. Soore. Golds. 



H C Carver (80 yds) -.SO 19 



30 18 



30 20 98 



Total 90 57 241 6 



E B Weston (60 yds) 30 18 74 1 



30 15 57 1 



30 13 5(1 1 



Total 90 14 190 3 



The shoot for individual score at 00 yards was aR follows, 

 90 arrows each : 



Hits. Score Golds. 



WBDGray 31 138 1 



AJOrr 41 165 2 



Rev J H Bisael 32 118 1 



EHBeebe 20 S3 2 



HO Carver CI 319 9 



At 80 yards, 30 arrows each : 



WBDGray — — — 



AJOrr 2 6 — 



RevJHBisael.. 11 11 — 



EHBeebe 3 U — 



Dr Weston S 24 — 



At 100 yards, 80 arrows each : 



RevJHBisael 2 3 — 



HCCarver 1 16 - 



AJOrr 2 8 — 



WBDGray 6 28 1 



DrWeston 3 11 — 



The weather was fine and the shooting good, when it is 

 considered that no member of our club ever pulled a bow 

 prior to July last. Many of our best shots were unavoidably 



absent from to-day's meeting. We would be triad to see re- 

 ports of long distance shooting by other clubs," and earnestly 

 hope that a thriving spirit of friendly emulation may obtain 

 between the different archery associations throughout the 

 country ; and, above all else, let us have a published account 

 from every club of its private and public contests. 



H. Pabkbb. 



Anothee Lono Distance Man.— It's a poor town nowa 

 days that cannot point to its " formidable rival of the cham- 

 pion long distance walker." Bridgeport, Conn., has just 

 been the centre of some interest among the heel and toe men. 

 Peter Napoleon Campami, of French descent, fruit-stan 

 genius, volunteer fire department runner, soldier, and what 

 not, has just made 521 miles and 54 feet in six days. As 

 there was some irregularity about the measurememt of the 

 track, Peter Napoleon Campana's record is not a record. 



College Foot-Ball.— The second foot-ball game between 

 Yale and Trinity, played at Hartford, Nov. 13, resulted in a 

 score of three goals and five touch-downs for Yale to nothing 



tor Trinity. 



Boston, Sfov. 16.— The football match between Harvard 

 and Princeton, this afternoon, was very closely contested, and 

 neither side secured a fall. Princeton, however, obtained 

 one touchdown to Harvard's nothing. The teams were com- 

 posed, as follows: Princeton— Forwards, Ballard (captain), 

 McDermott, McLaren, Bradford, Brotherlein, McAlpine, 

 L iwrey, Bryan. Half-backs, Withington, McNair, Miner. 

 Backs, Larkin, Cutis, Miller. Harvard— Forwards, Cushing, 

 Swift, Thatcher, Cowden, Holmes, Perry, Morse. Half- 

 backs, Gushing (captain), Warren, Houstin, ,Winsor,JBlanch- 

 ard. Backs, Weatherbee, Bacon, Sedgwick. 



Amherst, Mass., Nov. 16. — The most exciting foot ball 

 game of the season was played this afternoon between Tale 

 and Amherst, neither side being able to secure a goal or a 

 touchdown . The sides were composed as folio \vs : Amherst 

 —Forwards, McGregory, Deyo, Terry, Hill, Wheeler Chase, 

 Child. Half-backs, Crittenden, Russel, Gordon, Gillett, 

 Goodrich. Backs, Uooddow, Underbill, Milliken. Yale- 

 Forwards, Moorhead, King, Harding, Farwell, Lamb, Hull, 

 Rodman. Half-backs, Crouch, Brown, Fuller Watson. 

 Backs, Nixon, Wakemau, Badger. Judges— For Amherst, 

 Mr. Thurston, 'SI ; for Yale, Mr. Clark, '80. Referee— Mr. 

 Hubbard, Amherst, '79. 



The Columbia College and Pennsylvania University teams 



played at Hoboken last Saturday, the game resulted in one 

 touchdown for the Pennsylvania team, 



—A fifty-mile walk is to be contested at Rutland, Vt., on 

 Thanksgiving Day, by W. E. Harding, of New York, and 

 Christopher Rice, of Rutland. Rice is to be allowed one 

 mile start. 



A Steam Tricycle. — In one of tbe railway material annexes 

 at Paris is a steam tricycle, having the boiler under the rider's 

 seat, the hind wheels being driven by a cord from the crank 

 shaft pulley. Tha engine is a tiny cylinder, inclined about 

 40deg. The position of the boiler, which, by the way, is of a 

 rather complicated and inexplicable type, commends itself for 

 winter use.. It also possesses superior advanttiges for blowing 

 a man " up." 



Amebican Athletic Club.— The officers elected at the last 

 meeiing held la-it week were : President, John Gatli j Vice- 

 President, Bernard Loth; Secretary, S. W. Hoag ; Treasurer, 

 Frank C Lowry ; Captain, John C. Wray; Lieutenant, 

 Frank Millctt ; Trustees, Messrs. Magee, Badgleyand Brazier. 

 The meeting was a large and enthusiastic one, and the reports 

 of the retiring officers showed the club to be in a flourishing 

 condition and occupying a foremost position among the orga- 

 nizations of its kind in this city. The club will next season 

 occupyla new running and walking [track within the heart of 

 I he city. 



Evebboh Athletic Club.— First fall meeting at the "Mile 

 Square" grounds, Yonkers. This being the first meeting of 

 the club, much encouragement was felt by the very fair at- 

 tendance of persons, both from this city and Yonkers. The 

 club now comprises about 25 members, and it is hoped that 

 its numbers will soon bo increased. Summary i 



100-i T ards Dash— First heat, five entries— 1st, S M Cauldwell: 

 time, 12Xs.: 2d, G Fountain. Seoond head— five entries; lat, II, 

 S Brooke; time, 12a.; 2d, A V W Jackson. Third heat— Five 

 entries: let. A L Manierrc; time, 12J£s.; 2d, FLaimbeer. 



Throwing Base-ball— W R McDonald, 24' jft. 



Throe-lecged Race, 100 Yards— First heat, Oauldwoll and Wiu- 

 throp; time, 18a. Second heat— N R White and Manierre: time, 

 19e. 



Running Broad Jump-Won by S M Cauldwell, 14ft. lOin. 



Half-jffilo Run— Won by Oanldwcll, 2m. 18s. 



Putting Stono, 30 Pounds— 1st, Cauldwell, 20ft. Un.j 2d, W 

 Paddock, 19ft. 2in. 



140-Yarda Run— Won by N R White, lm. 30J^8. 



Rntmmg High Jump— Won by WA Stobbins, 5 fl 

 BrookR and Cauldwell, tie, lit. S : .,in. 



100 -Yards Dash— Final heat— 1st, Brooks, ll> 4 s. ; 2d, Cauldwell, 



Hop Skip and Jump— Won bv G Fountain, 29ft. Gin. 

 220-Yards Dash— 1st, A Y W Jackson, 29^8.; 2d, Foontaio, 29ft. 



One-Mile Walk— Four entries— Won by F B White. 



Standing Broad Jump— Won by W Paddock. 



Three-Logged Race— Final heat— lat, Cauldwell and Winthrop, 

 17s.: 2d. N R White and Manierre. i; ,-. 



Tug of War — Between Winthrop. J Lnimbecr and Oauldwell, 

 and McDonald, F Laimbeor and Paddock. The latter n 

 -i might heats. 



One-Mile Run— Was a walk-over for Winthrop in 6m. Vs. 



— Thanksgiving dinner is near at band, mid il 

 housewife is replenishing her larder's store of King's sauce 

 royal, wherewith to tickle ike family palate. King is an ex- 

 pert with the shot-gun, as Brooklyn pigeon EOttrea show, and 

 everybody knows lhat he manufactures a sauco; without which 

 no dinner of fish, flesh or fowl is complete. 



To Spoktsmen.— The sportsinen'slantera, patented in June 

 last by Mr. A. Ferguson, has been enlarged and greatly im- 

 proved, 'and we think is just the thing for sportsmen, especi- 

 ally those who intend visiting Florida the coming winter. Mr. 

 Ferguson is also manufacturing a new rust preventer, 

 which he claims is superior to anything in the market ; also a 

 preparation for waterproofing and preserving leather, lie ju 

 also sole agent for Plume's superfine Iribrica u 

 repellants Descriptive circulars of these articles will be Bent 

 on application. P. O. address, 81 Beekmau street, N. Y,- 

 rtism&tt. 



