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quently the flight of the arrow was unsteady. I next found 

 that drawing with only three finders upon the taut cord of a 

 sixty pouud bow soon bruised the linger tips, and prevented 

 good shooting. I found gloves a nuisance, and after years of 

 experimenting found that stalls of leather fitting tightly oyer 

 each of the tlireo first fingers, letting the tips of the fingers 

 just peep through, and extending back to the crease on the 

 inside of the finger, made by the bending of the fingers at the 

 first joint, were necessary. ~ After using these for a year or 

 two, I first saw a shooting glove made by Highfiekl, and found 

 the three leather tubes to be exactly similar, the only differ- 

 ence in the two gloves, if such they may be called, being the 

 strips of leather running back and fastening to a wrist-band 

 in the Hightield glove. After two or three years practice I 

 find the addition of this fastening unnecessary and cumbrous, 

 and remove them, using only the leather thimbles. All the 

 members of the Wabash Merry Bowmen have done likewise. 

 Of course the thimbles must be drawn to fit the fingers closely 

 or they would be whipped off by the string. I also experi- 

 meuted for many years to discover some American wood that 

 would make a perfect bow, and finally came to the conclusion 

 that the Osage Orange or Boh d'Arc is the only wood we have 

 which will make as good a bow aslauce, lemon, or buttelwood, 

 from which most of the cheaper English bows are made; 

 while we have no wood that will compare with rosewood, 

 snakewood, or Italian yew. Now here comes the " rub " in 

 archery. One to shoot well must have a good bow. This, if 

 rosewood, will cost $10; if snakewood, $16; if yew, $35. 

 This is a pretty severe tax to start with, but oue could endure 

 it cheerfully if such a bow would last two or three years. But 

 three months is the longest I have ever used an imported bow, 

 and most of them have not lasted a month each. Thero must 

 he sometliing radically wrong about them or this would not 

 he so. One of those curious Japanese bows will last fifty 

 years of constant shooting in all weather ; will suffer no injury 

 in being left strung up for two days, and the siring can be 

 drawn back four or five feet without injury to the bow. Why 

 is it that we cannot make such a bow 'i I see that the Messrs. 

 - Oonroy, Bissett & Malleson, of split bamboo rod fame, are 

 now turning their attention to the manufacturing of archery 

 goods, and will make a bow of split bamboo. 



Each bow should bo six feet six inches long, for a bow of 

 that length will outlast three of six feet long. No glue ever 

 made or that can ever be made will hold a year upon a sixty- 

 pound bow, which leaps with a force of 1,200 pounds at every 

 recoil. The glue will hold perfectly for a time, and the 

 archer congratulates himself in the possession of a perfect 

 bow; but there is nothing more sure than that one year's 

 shooting will render the glue as brittle as glass, being utterly 

 disintegrated. Let no manufacturer say, " I will use a glue 

 that will 'hold." It will not, from the nature of things it can- 

 not hold. What, then, is the remedy 1 Our Japanese friends 

 found it hundreds of years ago. Bo did many of the Indian 

 tribes. The bow after being finished must be closely and 

 strongly wrapped with silk (the common yellow saddler's silk 

 being perfectly adapted for the purpose) from tip to tip. The 

 silk should be waxed, or, what is better, set on the bow in 

 warm glue. This will prevent the bow from ever breaking. 

 Of course this ought to be done smoothly, and the plush 

 handle put on afterward, and the bow finely polished. At the 

 point where the arrow slides, immediately above the handle, 

 there must be a thin piece of horn, bone, shell or ivory, set on 

 over the silk to prevent the arrow wearing it off. If a bow be 

 made as I have indicated it will last a lifetime, being, of 

 course, well treated. Such a bow can be manufactured for 

 $8 or $7, and would sell as rapidly as they could be turned 

 out. lluring the past year all sorts or' cheap and " shoddy " 

 bows have been used, and the result has been that thousands 

 will believe that they can never learn to Bhoot well, and will 

 not buy a new bow. But there are hundreds of clubs with 

 whom I am in correspondence whose members have reached 

 that degree of skUl and experience which has opened for them 

 a view of the rare beauty of archery, and they will have good 

 bows next spring. Give us a good bow and I will vouch for 

 its sale. Verlmm sat mpienti. AitonBK. 



The split bamboo bows, manufactured by Conroy Bisaett & 

 Malleson, have been already noticed by us. These bows are 

 put together with a glue which the makers assert will stand 

 the test. Wc hope that " Archer " will give the new bow a 

 thorough trial. 



Wabash Merby Bowmen— Oratvfordmiilk, Ind., Dec. 2.— 

 Regulation target: 



60 Yards. 50 Yards. 40 Yards 



Mrs. If. Klein 143 



Mrs. Banisay • . 02 



Mrs. W. T, Brush . . 100 



James J. Insley 55 61 UO 



John W. Kanisav 83 SI 114 



111. Klein 63 80 139 



W.Britton 49 96 130 



Will Brewer - 103 143 182 



Theodore HoMoehun 102 154 1ST 



W. T. Brush '. 65 ISO 144 



A.H. Talbot 100 161 178 



John A. Bove 112 173 189 



Will H, Thompson 146 103 219 



Thirty arrows were shot at each range by the gentlemen, the 

 ladies snooting only at the last (40 yards) range. 



C ii io ago Aeohebs.— The following scores were made at the 

 Chicago Base Ball Park, Dec. 0, 187S. liegulation 4-foot tar- 

 get ; distance, 100 yards : 



Arrows. Hits. Score. 



H O Carver 72 11 57 



S E Egan 72 12 61 



J S Colhns - 72 8 22 



Egan 30 6 16 



Shepherd 30 5 15 



Carver 30 2 10 



Collins 3U 2 S 



Egan 30 6 32 



CollinB 30 6 14 



Carver 30 3 9 



Egan .30 22 



Carver 30 3 13 



Collin* 30 3 13 



Mr. Carver shot with a bow borrowed for the occasion 

 which accounts for the comparatively poor (for him) score. 



O'Leauv's W alb..— Daniel O'Leary, the pedestrian, com- 

 pleted at Philadelphia last Thursday his attempt to walk 400 

 miles in 121 hours. lie accomplished the feat with ease with 

 31m. 37s. to spare. The record for the last ten miles was as 

 follows: 39lst mile. 12m. 49s.; 392d, 12m. 55s.; 393d, 13m. 

 7s.; 394th, 13m. 10s. (rested 32 minutes.) ; 395th, 10m 55s. 

 (rested 45 seconds); S'JOlh, 11m. 45s. (rested 23 minutes) ; 

 397th, 10m. 2s.; 398th, 18m. 3s. ; 399th, 11m. 43s,; 400th, 

 10m. iS7a. 



O'LBAjjy and Campaxa- The arrangements for the six- 

 days' walk between Daniel O'Leary and Campana, the Bridge- 

 port pedestrian, have finally been completed. The contest 

 wi'l come off at Gilmore's Garden, this city. The walk will 

 commence at one a. m. on Monday morning, December 23, 

 and continue until one hour after midnight on the following 

 Saturday. The score of the laps will be kept by the members 

 of some" prominent athletic club, in the same manner as it 

 waB managed during l he O'Leary and Hughes fiasco. The 

 stakes are "for $1,000 aside, the winner to take all the gate- 

 money unless the loser covers 450 miles, in which case one- 

 fourth of the receipts goes to the latter. 



Long Distance. — There is some prospect of a long-distance 

 contest in America which shall be equal in merit and interest 

 to those recently held in Eugland. John Ennis, the fifth man 

 in the late six-days' walk at Loudon, who arrived in this city 

 last week, says that Sir John Aatley and Mr. G. W. Atkinson 

 hold that the challenge issued by him to O'Leary must be ac- 

 cepted by Ihe latter, and the belt now held by him be retained 

 by new contest or forfeited nexl Miy. In the event of such 

 a trial Sir John Astley will come oyer here and bring Vaughan 

 and Howell. Corkey and Brown will also put in an appear- 

 ance. 



New England Pedestrian Lew.— The belt committee of 

 the Boston Y. M. O. A. offer a belt for the New England ten- 

 mile championship. It is made in the form of a chain. The 

 links are twelve in number, composed of silver medals. The 

 clasp is solid silver, four inches long by three inches wide, 

 upon which is a design representing a pedestrian illustrating 

 "square heel-and-toe walking," and the inscription : " Ama- 

 teur Championship of New England for ten miles." Entries 

 for the first match will close. Dec. 21, 1378, and should be ad- 

 dressed to Charles P. Huckins, teeoretary of Belt Committee, 

 Boston Y. M. O. A. Gymnasium, corner Elliot and Tremont 

 streets. 



Tra London Bioyoling Rack. — A six days' bicycle con- 

 test has just been completed at Agricultnal Hall, the com- 

 petitors being well known bicyclists from London and the 

 Provinces. The racing was confined to eighteen hours a day, 

 the winner to receive £ 100J, the second man £35, the third 

 £15 and the fourth £10. Twelve of the best known profes- 

 sionals of the day sent in their names. The distance traversed 

 by those who continued to the end, just before eleven on 

 Saturday night were : Cann, 1,000 miles 4 laps; Edlin, 1,025 

 miles H laps; Lees, 953 miles Slaps; Andrews, 928 miles 3 laps; 

 Terront, 900 miles 4 laps ; Higham, 707 miles aj-laps ; Evans, 

 704 miles 2J laps. 



Annapolis Olympic Games.— Annapal&i, Md., Nov. 30.— 

 Second celebration of the Olympic Games by students of the 

 Naval Academy. The officers of the course were -. Referee, 

 Commander F. V. McNair. Judges, Lieutenant William H.Par- 

 ker, Lieutenant A. B. Speyers, Lieutenant A. P. Nazro and 

 Passed Assistant Engineer David Jones. Time-keeper, En- 

 sign A. C. Hodgson. 



Five-Mils Walk— Messrs. E Wilksrson, T J Hogan, O E Belden 

 and h Nixon. Nixon fell out on the last round j the others fin- 

 ished. Hogau, 48m 58a ; Wilkeraon. 50m 13s, and Belden 61m 7s. 



One-Fourth Mile Bun— E B Webster, W S Sample and W 8 

 Smith entered. Won by W S Smith in lm 5s. 



One-Mile Walk— Messrs. L O Garrett, A P Niblack, A M Hunt 

 and T J Hogan entered. Garrett cleared the stand in 8m 58s. 



One-Mile Kun— PL Drayton, J Gray, O A Hill, Lieutenant T. 

 MeKee aud J F Will. Hill won in 5m 45s. Gray eame in ten 

 seconds later. 



Oue Hundred Yard Dash— G E Salisbury, L H Barnard, F W 

 Bennett, L O Garrett, J B Gaboon, C H Harlow, W S Smith, K O 

 Bitler, E F Leiper and B H Woods entered. Salisbury won in 

 11^ seconds 



Bong Standing Jump— R O Bitler, L H Barnard, H J Bobineon, 

 P H Staple, J P Will, J Hood, J B Cahoon, G B Salisbury aud A 

 Wike entered. Hood and Will tied on 10ft 4J£in. Hood then won 

 by clearing 10ft 9in to Will's 10ft 3in. 



Running Long Jump— II J Robinson, W J Sears, J F Will, and 

 L H Barnard. Mi-. Will cleared 16ft >£iu and won. 



Banning High Jump— H J Robinson, L S Barnard, E P Leiper 

 and J F Will entered. Bobinaon won by a jump of 6ft 6>£in, 



Standing High Jump— P R Alger aud H J Robinson alone en- 

 tered. Alger won, 4ft 8^in. 



Running Two Bops and Jumps, or Hop, Step and Jump — H J 

 Robinson, W8 Sample and J P Will entered. Will made 38ft 5in. 



Sack Race of Fifty Yards -Por this there were entered B O Bit- 

 ler, C H Hill, E B Webster, W W Russell, P J Haessler, AB Has- 

 i, A W Mayer, P W Hourigau and H Phelps. Mayer won t "" 



Throwing Base Ball— R O Bitler, E P Leiper, H J Robinson, J F 

 Will and P Kennett. Bitler threw 323 feet and won. 



Wheel Barrow Race of Two Hundred 1'arda— G B Salisbury, C 

 H HiU, W W Russell, E B Wasster, H J Haessler, A B Hassori, H 

 Phelps and P W Homigan. The contestants were blindfolded, and 

 when the word " go " was given if all had been let alone one at 

 least would have plunged into the Severn. The racers made the 

 Bpeotators on the plateau break and run as they came thundering 

 along in their zig-zag course. Haessler reached the end in 25 

 seconds. 



Three-Legged Baee— For this there were entered Ave ooupli 

 G B Salisbury and P M Bennetl, M L Road and M O Gorgas, F J 

 Haessler and G h Dillman, A B Hasson and A S Cook, and E F 

 Leiper and E Simpson. The last won in 8 seoonds. 



A tug of war, foot ball game and greased pig chase con- 

 cluded the day's sports. 



Detroit Cricket. — The proposition to organize a new 



cricket club in Detroit, Mich., is meeting with much favor, 

 particularly from the Peninsular Club of that city. They 

 hope that a rival club will excite more interest in the game, 

 and so lead to better playing. 



—Rutgers and Columbia freshmen teams played a match of 

 foot-ball at Hoboken last Haturday, neither side scoring a goal 

 or touchdown before the darkness put an end to their play. 



—The redoubtable Hughes is out with another challenge, 

 this time to Connors, the California champion. 



The French Shootinci Season.— First Sportsman (who 

 goes out with a game-bag, a poinler and umbrella) — You see, 

 the weather is so doubtful, that I have to make my choice be- 

 tween a gun and an umbrella. 



Second Sportsmau— I never put shot in my gun. It always 

 gets in my teeth when I come to eat the * * 



Muscle asd Bbajn8.— What's the difference between ath- 

 letic sports and newspapers ? One swell the muscles, the 

 other the bustles. 



—St. Augustine, Florida, has produced an orange weighing 

 33 ounces, which the Frees claims is the largest yet. 



$nswei;$ to <$oi[rcspptidmfa. 



No Notice Token ot Anon*] 



i CtrawiinloitlSor.- 



Where to go for Game. — Correspondents who send us 

 specific questions as to where to find best localities for game 

 ami fish are referred to our game columns, All the news that 

 comes to us is there given. By keepMug themselves informed 

 from this source our friends will save themselves and us 

 much trouble. Read the paper. 



J. M. G., Washington, D. C— See back numbers. 



T, C, ItoBlyn, L. l.-Write to Eaynolds Bros., Fulton St., New York. 



Ltax.uk, Post Office.— Adhesive postal cards were first adopted by ttie 

 United States Government, in ISiT. 



W. J. M.-You can Have your choke rebored to a modified choice by 

 any of the advertisers In our columns. 



Stamford, Ct.— Where can I procure a programme of the Bogardus 

 shout to l ake place Dec. 23? Ans. Have sont you one. 



Lesser Telltale.— Yon can get boots ot Instruction on training and 

 caring for pigeons, cage birds, fowls, etc., from Wm. H. Klrby, P. O. 

 Box 318, New York City. 



Pat, Blooms'ourg, Pa.— The questions are of too personal a nature 

 for us to answer. We can only Bay that the party of whom you desire 

 Information we believe to be perfectly reliable in every respect. 



J. A. S., Burlington, Iowa.— Where aud for what price can I buy a 

 Newfoundland puppy ? Ans. There are no regular breeders of New- 

 foundlands, but we can buy our correspondent one from a dealer in 

 this city for about lis. 



F. B., Norwalk, Conn.— You will And ducks about Grassy Buy, N. J, 

 The waters there are suitable for flat-bottomed boats, and t,iies« can bo 

 procured at Atlantlu City. A yacht drawing 4ft. would not be the thing. 

 The soundings are from one to live feet. 



Xatcbalist.— A. E. Outerbridge Ic Co., Agents, 29 Broadway, have 

 a dispatch monthly steamer to Martinique aud the French West Indies. 

 For fullest Information as to means of Intercommunication among t lie 

 islands address Fred. A. Ober, Beverly, Muss, 



J. Sfcj Georgetown, D. c— Is it an advantage to have brass shells in- 

 dented and nickel plated? Ans. It certainly is an advantage as far os 

 keeping the wad clown ; as for Its affecting the shot, we do not think it 

 will. The nickel plated are more easily kept clean. 



X., Bow Haven, Conn.— T have as yrs. old setter that hns a Ltlght 

 touch of mange. Would he be likely to give the disease to a 2 yrs. old 

 dog that is iu dafly contact with lilm 1 Ana. Yes, unless It is merely 

 surfeit. Apply crude petroleum to the parts alfeoted. 



Long Branch Gun Club.— The Leroy tln-coated shot, reports we 

 have received say, will not In any way injure the barrels of a full Choke; 

 gun, and is very clean, The public trial of the shot has not yet been 

 made. The pattern, 210 pellets at 3T yds., 1b good average. 



Subsoribkb, Stamford, Conn.— Please give me the address of some 

 parly In N. T. having pigeons for sale, and the price of eame, either 

 wild or tame birds? Ans. Live pigeons can be had of Chas. Oolllns, 

 Commission Merchant, Vesey 1'lor, West Washington Market. Price 

 40 to 60 cents per pair. 



S. B. F., Cedar Bapids, Iowa.— Shooting from plunge traps when 

 is a bird on the wing ? The rales say that a bird must be on the wing 

 when shot at. Ans. U the bird drops to the ground without taking 

 wing, it is evidently not on the wing ; but if It takes wing and flies any 

 distance, It is on the wing. 



B. W., Franklin, N. Y.-For full Information about thegamo and 

 trapping In New Foundland, consult Foukst and Stream, March 6, 

 May 21 and Jnne 25, 1874. Furs brought from there Into the United 

 States are taxed, yon can procure camping outtit at St. Johns, N. B. 

 A 10 gauge breech-loader and .46 cal. carbine ought to sumeo for tire- 



W. C. B., Boston— Can you or any of your correspondents Inform mo 

 whether the Philadelphia Kennel Club or any member thereof has 

 owned, within the last live years, a setter bitch by the name of Jessie ; 

 and If so, whether she was of imported or native Btock, and If her 

 pedigree is> obtainable? Ans. We cannot give this information, but 

 perhaps some of our readers can. 



Subscriber, Jersey City.— In a sweepstakes pigeon match with Ural 

 and second money there are six entries. Throe meu kid all their birds, 

 and three kill none. Bow should the money be divided V Ans. The 

 three men killing all their birds shoot off for llrst aud oeeond money, 

 The three men who have missed all tbelr birds have nothing to do with 

 it, It Is only In "class" shooting that the highest scores shoot for flrF^ 

 prize, the next highest for second, etc. 



T. F., Frederick CHy.— I have a setter bitch with pups, and would 

 like to get rid of them as soon as possible. She will have them la a few 

 days. Will it hurt the bitch to take them away from her as soon as she has 

 them, or what shall I do to get rid of them as soon as I can without in- 

 juring the bitch 7 Ans. Drown all the pups bat one or two, aud bathe 

 her teats with warm vinegar. Feed her on a light diet, and after 

 a week or two tiie other pups can be taken from her. 



" Nat," naltfax, N. S.— Spaniel dog has hacking cough occasionally ; 

 sticky running from eyes ; face under one eye sore, with hair coming 

 off ; color of skin, red ; breath and matter from eyes smells badly ; 

 is kept in kennel in open air at night ; loose all day. What shall 1 do 

 forhlni? Ana. Give him 6 to s drops Fow lei's Bolutlon of arsenic twice 

 a day, with a Dover's powder night and morning for threu or four days. 

 Continue the arsenic for ten days. Feed light vegetable diet, and Bee 

 that hla kennel is clean. 



Y. A. N., Boston, Mass.— In a pigeon match, where the rule la that 

 the breech of the gun must he below the elbow until ihe birds take 

 wlog, it happened that a bird lights upon the ground then rises a sec- 

 ond time, and is killed. The shooter having held his gun to his snoulder 

 While the bird was on the ground, the referee rules thai; ha must try 

 another bird. Was this right ? Ans. No; if the breech of the gun 

 was hold below the elbow until the bird first flew, the shooter may keep 

 It there, even though the bird lights. 



B. O. S., Madella, Minn.— Wo don't know Gordon Cummlngj' age, nor 

 the kind of rme he used out West. The Indian method of tanning 

 buckskin Is: Stretch the skin on the ground or on poles, and remove 

 all ihe flesh. When well dried the akin is washed in soap and water to 

 cleanse the fur ; the brains of some animal are then taken and mashed 

 into a paste with hot water; this paste is thoroughly rubbed into the 

 flesh side, aud the skin hong out to dry. When dry II is scraped, aud ex- 

 posed to the dew one night, and the next morning rubbed and pulled 

 untU soft. Buckskins are made by rubbing off the hair wlih a horse 

 rib while the skin is fresh, or .after soaking in a weak lye; titeu 

 dressed with brains, and stained with a decoction of wasatckie bark. 

 J. U. Batty's " How to Hunt aud Trap" is the book you want j published 

 by Albert Cogswell, New York. Writs to Capiain MaynoBeid, care 

 London Field. The rifle you inquire about is a sporting arm, 



