j'ui.l.ii ,wf^wnn-w" 



w 



well i> : , a after that [lie barrel 



would get too hot. T must say here that my (ixperfc 

 onlj - ; is the heavy charge of blabk 



pQwdei i for my shoulder, and the fouling and 



beating of the lille would prevent such rapid shooting with 

 heavy charges. With black powder I do not know what in- 

 tffeient rifling may haw, hut using my own 

 ■i it seems to he no waiter how the barrel is rifled. I 

 use only a quicker kind for the. slower twist as iu the musket 

 and the Creedmoor rifle, and a slower kind for the quicker 

 twist, as in the carbine. I think it would be the same in 

 using quicker or slower black powder. I do not Bee why the 

 rifling in the English Express rifles shall be the only one. 

 adopted for the Express principle. The length of the barrel 

 does not seem to have much influence in flat trajectory BE a 

 regular Creedmoor Sharp cut down to 28 inches shoots just as 

 well as before. For hunting purposes I prefer a 24-inch har- 

 rel, and even a 20-inch barrel shoots well enough. I have 

 used all other makes of rifles, and I possess a great variety of 

 them, but none suits ine as well as the Sharps, especially the 

 new Bochard model. In connection with the Sharps rifle I 

 use now for quick offhand shooting the new sight made by 

 Wm. Lyman, Middlefield, Conn. I can recommend it very 

 highly. I was delighted when I got one ; it makes a hunting 

 rifle perfect, and one can shoot with both eyes open better 

 than with any other sight. It is cheap and just the thing for 

 those who use an auxiliary rifle barrel in shot-gun. 

 Bingliamton, Nov . 15, 1878. Carl Dittmak. 



Massachusetts— Boston.— The cold, raw rain on the 20th 

 prevented a large attendance at Walnut Hill, nevertheless the 

 few who did participate in the competition of the day — the 

 long-range classified match at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards— did 

 some excellent work, and added another notch to the high 

 reputation enjoyed by members of the Massachusetts Rifle 

 Association. A good light prevailed throughout most of the 

 shooting, but the wind, as will be seen by examining the 

 scores, interfered with the shooting at 1,000 yards. The re- 

 sult is as follows : 



Vf H Jackson. 



800 t, 555555555S555 6— 75 



DM) 5 6555446 4 56S55 5— 75 



1,01)0 3 4S54455BSB3S5 6— 71— 318 



W Gerrisli. 



son i -..5 455555S5S5654 5-73 



90U 5 5 5 65556 4 55555 B— 74 



1,000, 4 4345654345555 H— 66-213 



J S Sumner. 



SOD 6 5565555656653 5-1S 



900 4 45 4556566(55 66 S-72 



1,000 4 4054555558465 4-65-1 



L Saunders. 



S0O 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5—71 



9UU , 4 4 5645 5555344 5-6S 



1,000 5 33244 4 335 5 355 5— 59— 19S 



Saturday, the 23d, was another day of drizzling rain, while 

 a baffling southwest wind, ranging from " 9 to 10 o'clock," 

 caused considerable trouble to the riflemen. Bull's-eye 

 practice was indulged in previous to the opening of the 

 match, which had fifty entries. The match was the "Winter 

 Shed," one to help pay for that convenient retreat which is 

 already partially inclosed, and which will be completed early 

 next week, that it may afford a cover for those engaged in the 

 Thanksgiving Day matches. The scores stood at 200 yardi 



JBOshorn 5*45 M'i J rortien 44454—21 



LL Hubbard 4 5 4 5 6— 23 J N Prye 4 i 4 5 4— 1 



H Tv.tr -i 4 4 5—32 W E Uiieraier. 4 4 a 4 4^21 



JStlfpoHord 4 5 4 4 5— B! M L I'ra't 4 4 3 4 4—19 



EB Souther. .. 4 6 4 4 5—22 S L Victor 9 4 8 4 4-LS 



W H Ja> ksou ..4 54 4 5— 2J EBcmiett 1)2 4 6 4—1 



J B Paik« 6 4 4 4 6-22 



—The return match between teams from the Wakefield 

 and Mcdford Rifle Associations will be decided at Bellevue 

 Range on the 30th. The first match, it will be remembered, 

 was won by the Wakeflelds on their range at Wakefield, 

 Saturday, Nov. 16. 



Zettleb Rifle Gallery— Nov. 19.— Weekly shoot of the 

 Zettler Rifle Club, Nov. 19. Point target reduced to gallery 

 distance ; ten shots per man ; possible 30 : 



flJu'isuii.. 33 P Penning 14 



CGZ'jtt.er Stl LG Beates.... 1' 



II D irli-r V.i DOulhaua. 1 



M l.ltlgge IS Wm lilein 1 



D Alnl -r IS X Z.nimerman 1_ 



W M. barrow - IS T Broadway 12 



H Oehl is A Mo .ire 



J Joiner 17 B Zettler 



Mtfiugle 13 OT Tollers 7 



JDutlJ IS O Connors 6 



Zet tt.kb Gallery — Nov. 19. —Sixth competition for a fine 

 clock; Creedmoor target reduced to gallery distance ; ten 

 shots to each competitor ; possible 50 : 



MTBEUgel 49 J Joiner 17 



a : rman 48 Win Klein 46 



C G Zettler 49 D Cmliane 45 



M L Wj;,s 48 T mvadway 44 



P Panning 4S J Dutil 14 



M Doner -4S C .ludson ,42 



W in Farrow 18 L G tsesiea 



D Miller i-'i AE Mnore 



H Oelil 47 U P Voliera 



Chas. T. Voixbrs, Secy. 



New Yoke Rifle Club.— -This organization held its first 

 annual meeting for the election of officers last Thursday even- 

 ing, November 21. The original intention was to limit Ihe 

 membership to twenty-live, but during the last meeting this 

 number was increased for the third time, placing the limited 

 number at forty, which total was immediately reached. The 

 following gentlemen were unanimously chosen officers for the 

 ensuing year : y. \V. Sibley, President : L. V. Sone, Captain ; 

 J. 8. Con lin, Adjutant; A. .1. Howlett, Treasurer; Frederick 

 Conliu. Secretary. During the meeting it was announced 

 that W. 11. Dunlap, hail presented an elegant gold badge for 

 monthly competition ; E. T. Davis and Fred Aider, each very 

 handsome gold badges to be shot for weekly, and F. H. Hol- 

 ton a valuable gold ring, to be contested for on the newly in- 

 trdduced " point target." Ten gold badges are now being 

 made, which Mr. Sone intends to present to the club, to be 

 won by the members who will win a place on the team which 

 is about to be organised for this winter's campaign in gallery 

 shooting. The club's affairs are in a flourishing condition, 

 and its prospects of holding a position second to none are very 

 encouraging. 



Virginia— Richmond.— The Deutche Schuetzen Geseler- 

 schoft determined to encourage the military to come forward 

 hy offering a series of matches on Thanksgiving Day. Besides 

 several all-comers' matches, the programme offered competi- 

 tion No. 1.— Open to teams of four from any white company 

 or battery in the State ; teams to appear in the uniform of 

 company, full dress or fatigue. Weapon, any military rifle , 

 istance, length of range, about 160 yards } position, standing 



off hand ; rounds, five each man ; entrance fee, $5 each [earn. 

 . No. 2.— Open to members of any white com- 

 pany or battery in the, State; men to appear in uniform of 

 SS or fatigue). Weapon, distance, position, 

 rounds same as in competltW No. 1. Entrance fee, $1 each 

 an. 



Ghflfl. P S'okes, the chairman, says; This is the first oppor- 

 tunity ever offered to bring together in a friendly contest Ihe 

 different military organizations of the State on a rifle range, 

 and should excHe a proper spirit of rivalry. 



LomsiiNA.— New Orleans, Nov. 22.— Riila practice here, 

 which has been at a standstill since July, is to be revived, and 

 preparations are made for individual matches at Frogmoor, 

 Mr. A. Marquez, superintendent of the rifle range, gives 

 notice that the Crescent City Rifle Park is ready again for 

 practice. It is an open question when the Lilieuthal contest 

 will he resumed. The difficulty which has SO long stood iu 

 the way of team matches is at length removed, and there is no 

 reason why the cup should not be shot for at an early date. 

 The champion rifleman of New Orleans is rapidly recovering 

 from the accidental blowing up which he suffered sofiae three 

 weeks ago. His hand is almost good enough to eat, still, but 

 all the pain is gone, and two weeks will see the cooked mem- 

 ber restored to its ordinary condition. A burnt child 'wares 

 the fire, however ; it will be a long time before the marksman 

 will try another powder joke. 



A ConEEorioN. — In our mention of the photographs of the 

 Zettler Eifle Club and the Fop.bst and Stbbam medal in our 

 last issue we should have stated that the medals were photo- 

 graphed by R. A Lewis, of 160 Chatham street, and the Club 

 by "Ulrick." 



fymtf §a$ and §tt$u 



GAME IN SEASON FOR NOVEMBER. 



Moose, ALmmalchia. Bed orVa. deer, C. virginbtmu. 



in, Cervtte canadensis. Squirrels, red, black and gray, 



brown and gray. Qmiil or pami i 

 Wild turlM . I gallopavo. nun. 



Woodcock, Phttohelq minor. Pinnated grouse or prairie clilck- 



ni. i eroaBG or pheasant, 13on<xaa en, Cupidonia cupida . 



umbclTuii. Curlew, Sumeniu.-i nrquaria. 



Pluver, Charadriiiue. Sandpipers, Trim/emit. 



Godwit. Willets. 



Kails, liallus rtrgtivianut. Reed or rice bird, Dotichonyx oryz- 

 Saipe p.ud Bay Birds. ivoroits. 



Caribou, Tarandm ranaifer. Wild Buck. 



"Bay birds" generally, including various species of plover, sand 

 piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf birds, pbalaropes, avooet?, 

 etc.. coining under the group TAmacolas or Shore Birds. 



«ST The frequent alteration of game "laws makes such con- 

 fusion that sportsmen are kept quite in the dark as to when 

 shooting on various kindj of game is permitted. We there- 

 fore append the following table for reference : 



states. %?SSS| a Buffed Grouse Quail. Woodcock. 



Kan 



Snooting 

 Aug 1 to Peb 1 



10 Lag 



Nov 1 to Feb 1 

 Nov 1 to Jim t 

 Oct 1 to Jan 1 

 Sep 1 to Dec 1 

 Ang25toJanl 

 No Shooting 

 Oct 1 to Jan 1 



Sept 1 to Jan 7 

 July I to Jhu 1 

 July 10 to Jan 1 

 Juiy 3 to Nov 1 

 Aug 25 to Jan l 

 So Restrictions 

 Forbidden 



Game in Market.— Pinnated grouse (prairie chickens), $1 per 

 pair ; partridge (rolled grouse), 90 cents to $1 per pair ; eauyae- 

 baok ducks, $2 to $2.50 per pair ; red head, $1 to $1.25 per pair ; 

 mallard ducks, 80 oents to 91 per pair ; black do., 75 cents per 

 pair; widgeon do., 50 cents per pair; broad bill do., 40 to 56 

 cents per pair ; wild turkeys, 15 to 20 cents per pound ; venison 

 saddle, 18 to 22 cents per pound ; do. carcass, 10 to 18 cents per 

 pound ; rabbits, 80 to 40 cents per pair ; squirrels, 10 to 15 

 cente per pair ; hares, 60 to 75 cents per pair ; quail, $1.75 to 

 $2.50 per doz.; Wilson snipe, $3 per doz.; reed birds, 91.50 per 

 doz.; Philadelphia squabs, 92.50 per doz. 



Poultry — rhiladelphia and Bucks County dry picked chickens, 

 16 to 20 cents par pound ; do. fowls, 12 to 1C oents ; do. turkeys, 

 15 to 20 cents ; do. ducks, 16 to 20 oenta ; do. geeae, 12 to 15 

 oeuta ; State and Western chickens, 12 to 15 cents ; do. turkeys, 

 10 to lfi cents ; do. fowls, 10 to 13 cents ; do. ducks, 10 to 15 oents ; 

 do. geese 8 to 12 oents. 



Wheeb to Go To-Day.— For a week previous to Thanks- 

 giving Day each year we are in receipt of a high batch of letters 

 from unfortunate subscribers, meditating a campaign against 

 the geese, ducks, quail, squirrels and foxes. They all want 

 to know where they can go Within twenty miles of New York 

 or Boston, and find first-class sport. Those New York gunners, 

 who never go farther than twenty miles, it has been observed, 

 always come home by -the way of Washington Market, and 

 they carry home good hags, too. This year we anticipated 

 the press of anxious inquirers byprefacing our Correspondents 

 columns with the explanation that all our knowledge of the 

 movements of birds and the abundance of game in the immedi- 

 ate vicinity of New York, Boston, Chicago, San Francisco, 

 and everywhere else is promptly given to our readers in the 

 department of Fokest and Stbeam devoted to such news. We 

 must again refer our friends to these columns, and we wish 

 them all the success which inaketh a man not ashamed to face 

 the music when he comes home. 



Open to Conviction. — Mr. S. H. Turrill, of Chicago, has 

 been at Effingham, 111., after the quail. He tells us that the 

 birds are very plenty, and the sport magnificent. We believe 

 this implicitly. It is substantiated by ten dozen quail in a 

 box— a very good place for quail to be. We are ready to be 

 convinced by others at any time in the same way. 



Vbky Likb It. — A Western correspondent sent his colored 



servant to a gun store for some Eley's pink edge wads for 



his gun.. The sable messenger on reaching the store informed 



the astonished clerk that " Massa Smith wants some early 



i peacock wedges for guns No, 13." 



—The Hon. David W. J udd has recently returned from a 

 trip among the Rocky Mountains, where be remained a month, 

 shot much game and interviewed Gen. Shermans pels. lie 

 was present at the battle of Bannack-burn, and learned how 

 to Ute-liae the redskins. We congratulate him upon his 

 success in getting back, 



Canada— Montreal, Nov. 23.— It has been said of this coun- 

 try that its climate consisted of "seven months of winter and 

 five months of cold weather." Now, while this is not strictly 

 true, we must acknowledge that our fall and winter seasons 

 are exceeding severe, so much so that our hardiest sportsmen 

 were compelled to leave their favorite hunting grouueifl as 

 early as the middle of this month ; not from want of game, 

 but rather on account of the extreme cold weather. Aa a 

 Whole, this fall shooting was a failure, although some of the 

 most fortunate secured a few good bags ; but as a rule our 

 best sportsmen returned home empty-handed. In the early 

 part of September and October woodcock and snipe were 

 found in goodly numbers, and fair reports came from almost 

 every direction, but the early frost and snow soon drove thetn 

 away. Black ducks, broad-bills, red-heads and whistlers — the 

 latter particularly have been and are still to be found here in 

 large numbers— but with one or two exceptions the extreme 

 cold and high winds have so far prevented any very good 

 sport; Some stragglers are still on the move, endeavoring to 

 improve their record, but little or no hopes are entertained of 

 their obtaining any great success. Royal II. 



Nova Sootia Moose Hunting.— From a letter to a Wash- 

 ington reader we extract the following incident of a Nova 

 Scotia hunt : " We left home about three o'clock in the after- 

 noon of November 4, and after traveling about six miles we 

 reached the Boar's Back, a long, oveoly rounded, barren ridge. 

 Bub traversed one side of the ridge and I the other, and we 

 agreed to meet at the river. Bub carried the double-barreled 

 shot-gun, loaded with bullets to fit, and, as 1 carried the traps, 

 I had no other arm than a Colt's belt revolver. I reached the 

 river and sat down to wait. Presently I heard the snapping 

 of a dry stick, and, looking around, I saw two moose round- 

 ing the ridge and coming toward me. Bub had started them 

 from the other side. I lay low, and prepared my pistol for 

 use, and as they continued to approach, when withiu 20 paces 

 I singled one out and fired two shots in succession. It ran 

 about 50 yards and fell. The other ran within shooting dis- 

 tance of Bub, but he was not on the alert, and did not fire 

 until he was nearly out of range, and therefore without effect. 

 Taking enough meat from the slain moose to make us a sup- 

 per and breakfast, we covered the remainder and started for 

 camp, four miles up the river; spent the night there; next 

 morning went back to the settlement after help to bring our 

 moose out. It was a full-grown cow. So ended one moose 

 hunt. I hope to be able to write you other accounts of suc- 

 cessful hunts, as moose are quite plenty in this section. 



T. R." 



Wbstbbs Massachusetts. — Foxes have not been as plenty 

 for years as at present, owing to the low price of fur having 

 stopped trapping for a few years past. We are having fine 

 sport shooting them before dogs, as the country is too rough 

 to admit of riding. Coon are scarce ; muskrat, mink and 

 otter coming in some ; rabbits plenty. Rotf. 



Goshen, Nov. 20. 



Connecticut— New London, Nov. 21.— Black ducks, with 

 the inferior kind, have appeared at Nianlic, but yet in no 

 numbers. iliSAn. 



New York — Liberty, Sullivan County, Oct. 21. — ''What! 

 no quail, Colonel, and all this buckwheat stubble !" ",No. 

 There are mighty few— in fact, none to be found. Seve- 

 ral years ago the Bob White whistled all around us, but lately 

 they have been mighty scarce. The poor things can't stand 

 the heavy snow and our severe winter weather. Whether 

 they have grown more delicate, or whether our winters are 

 more severe than they used to be, I can't say ; but so it is. 

 Last winter there was a large covey up on Reed's farm, but 

 when they were nearly starved they went to the house and 

 begged for food just like chickens. They staid around there 

 and were fed by that little daughter of his till they became so 

 tamo she could almost take them in her hands. Poor child ! 

 Her little heart waB nearly broken when a party of rabbit 

 hunters slaughtered her pets. They only left one, and he 

 came in as usual that night with a leg hanging down, and was 

 unable to stand. He laid on his side while he tried to pick 

 up a grain or two of buckwheat. She caught him and put 

 him to bed iu the work-basket, on a layer of cotton. But the 

 poor thing was dead in the morning. "This one seems to have 

 been the last of his race. Yes, they are about cleared out. 

 Perhaps the foxes have something to do with it ; the woods 

 around Liberty are just alive with them." Pbtke Rue. 



New York, Nov. 21.— If any readers desire a day at Ihe 

 ducks, let them take the afternoon train on L. I. R. R. for 

 South Oyster Bay (a station twenty-eight miles from Brook- 

 lyn on Southern R. R. of L. I .), where they will be met at 

 the depot by the Vau Dewater Hotel stage, which in a very 

 few moments will leave them at the hotel by that name, 

 where the young and pleasant host, Jacob Lux, will provide 

 them with as good accommodations and seat them at a table 

 of as well cooked viands as one can desire, and charges a most 

 moderate price too. Early in the. morning, after a hot break- 

 fast, the stage will convey them to the "boat landing, where 

 1 hey will be met by the gunners (whom they have previously 

 engaged the night before), who provide boat, decoy ducks, 

 etc., and devote the day to them for $8. Arrives back at 

 station in time for 4:23* p. M. train to city if desired. The 

 names of some of the good gunners I have been ducking with 

 are Nat. Haff, Lawrence Verity and his son, a splendid shot, 

 too, Abe Verity, and many others. I am confident that any 

 body trying the sport will go again. C. R, 



Shelter Island, I,, I., Nov 21.— The only ducks we get here 

 are coot, old squaw, loon arid shclldrake, the latter much more 

 abundant in March and April. We seldom get a shot at broad 

 bill, brant or black duck, they preferring to collect in Shin- 

 necock and south bays, where the feed suits them. Isaac 



Pennsylvania— McYeytown, Nov. 21.— After an absonce 

 of some weeks I again reappear as a contributor to you 

 columns. Since my last report I have taken a hunt for deer 

 in Licking Creek mountaiua, a well-known deer resort. The 

 inclosed is the account of the trip I gave the McVeytown Jour- 

 nal. Perhaps you can condense it sufficiently for your 

 columns : "Last week there was a party of about twenty men 

 went to the Seyen Mountains for a hunt which will he ex- 

 tended about two weeks. They sent out their first deer last 

 Monday, I suppose there have been ten deer shot near ttii| 



