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FORE ST AND STREAM. 



■a, Nichols & Lefevre gun with similar charges to those of 

 ■Capt. Bogardus. 



On the Morning of Thursday Capt. Bogardus was early at 

 his work. The first ball of the fourth thousand was sprung 

 on time, and the work for a while was a repetition of that 

 done on the day hefore. When the Captain's stiff arui and 

 bandaged band had been warmed to his work ho made some- 

 very quick hundreds, firing for some time at the rate of from 

 ten to twelve shots a minute. At 1:05 r. u., having broken 

 3,787 in all from the start, ho took a recess for lunch. His 

 nextBtop was at 3:05 at the 1,330th shot for the day, when 

 he could barely distinguish the balls against the white" canvas, 

 and rested till 4:50, when the garden was lighted up. His 

 first misB was the 5,681st ball, a rapid dropper which he shot 

 over. At this time he was evidently suffering considerably, 

 but he completed the hundred without another miss. He bad 

 rested from 8:04 to 8:20, and at 8:50 dropped again into a 

 chair, where be sat until 9:15, during which time a new cur- 

 tain was hung up. He was now getting into a very bail shim - 

 shooting form, but he kept on firing as best lie 

 'iculd with the rapidly stiffening arm and ringers. Almost 

 immediately after resuming his work came the next miss. 

 In the next to the last hundred shot the misses piled up rapid- 

 ly. First, the 5,831st ball went, down whole, then the 5,8S4th, 

 then the 5,847th and 5,855th, 5,8C0th, 5,803d, 5,866th, 5,867th 

 and 5,872d ; the marksman's hands refusing to follow his eye. 

 The last hundred was shot with unusual energy ; No. 5,920- 

 was the last miss, 



It was about 0:30 when the Captain completed the breaking 

 of the thirteen extra balls fired at to make up for those lost. 

 Donning his ulster, the Captain sat down to see Kleinman 

 finish his 400 shots. The Chicago champion began in good 

 style, making but one miss in his first hundred and two in 

 each succeeding hundred, leaving the match a tie. The Cap- 

 tain was ready to go on and shoot off tho tie, but Kleinman 

 was too sore, and the tie wih be ahot oil.' in a short time In 

 Chicago, whither both the men have gone. 



To any one but the Captain tho test would have been a se- 

 vere one, since but few others than he could have endured 

 the pounding of so long a fnsilade. In his style of holding 

 and of hitting the Captain was a model gunner. Hits were 

 central, and the balls were not merely winged or clipped, but 

 fairly centered, and with the great charges which the cham- 

 pion delights to use the glass spheres were blown to powder- 

 in almost every case. The balis were thrown at random, 

 right and left, but the lightning speed wiih which they were 

 covered and brought down made the old shooters present, 

 fairly alive with admiration. With a record of 5,000 broken 

 balls in 480 minutes already to his credit, as an exhibition of 

 speed, the great wing shot of the world now has the unpre- 

 cedented score of 6,000 in 6,013, or a run of 5,6S0 consecu- 

 tive breaks ; and yet he is not satisfied, but intends to carve 

 his name yet higher on the scroll of shooting fame, and lie- 

 fore the year is out we shall see what we shall see, and 

 further the writer sayeth not. 



THE CARVER-BOGARDUS MATCH. 



Dr. Carver and Captain Bogardus met on the morning of 

 the 13th, at the Astor House, and determined upon the con- 

 ditions of their great match. Tho 1,000 ball match, at first 

 contemplated, was abandoned, and in its place a most severe 

 test of combined accuracy and rapidity was substituted. The 

 conditions provide that each contestant shall break 20,000 

 glass balls within six days, or 144 hours. Bogardus will use 

 shot-gun, with balls sprung from two Bogardus traps, at 

 fifteen yards rise. The Captain will use both barrels. Carver 

 has choice of shot-gun or rifle, the choice to be announced be' 

 fore firing the first shot. If a shot-gun is used he will shoot 

 under the same conditions as Captain Bogardus ; if a rifle is 

 employed, the balls to be thrown into the air, either by hand 

 or trap, at the shooter's choice. 



The match is to be shot between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, 1879, 

 the stakes to be not less than $10,000 per man, and as much 

 more as may be mutually agreed upon. The actual lime and 

 place to be agreed upon between Carver and Bogardus at 

 least six weeks before opening of match. 



The two champions have agreed to throw the match open 

 to all comers. Each contestant, however, to deposit a sum 

 equal to the stakes of Carver and Bogardus. Winner to take 

 all gate-money and the aggregate stakes. Each contestant to 

 load his weapon during the match, and to have privilege in 

 case the one becomes disabled of using a new one. 



Captain Bogardus was desirous of having the match come 

 off within a few days, but Dr. Carver had made every arrange- 

 ment, to sail for Europe on the 18th, with his backer. W. R. 

 Huntley, and will not return until late in the spring or early 

 in the fall. Both the men are very much in earnest, aud Dr. 

 Carver says: "II I'm beat I'll slope for the prairies right, off.' 

 . .» . 



CAPT. BOGARDUS AND TIN-COATED 

 SHOT. 



NBW Yobk, Jan. 13, 187». 

 EniTOB FOBEST AND SlBEAM ! 



Having been asked by many ot your readers as to the merits ol tln- 

 coate.i sjtt shot, 1 desire to Bay tliac I consider it the best Bitot I have 

 ever used. I have given It a very Bevere test, having sbot my 0,000 

 ball matoti, Jao. 8 aud 9, with it. In that match I used two sets of. 

 double barrels, one of 10 and the other 12-bore, and each single barrel 

 was discharged 1,500 times without being once cleaned. Tho inner 

 surface of the barrels ia bright and free from scratches, a'.thougli in 

 shooting I used them until they became so hot that they would not 

 bear handling. I cannot imagine any case of ordinary use which 

 could so severely test the cleanliness and perfection of the ttn-coatiu.s 

 and Its freedom from injury by any heat which could ever result from 

 continuous discharges of the gun. A. H. Bogakdto. 



MODERATION IN SHOOTING. 



Editob Fobest and Stbeam: 



There Is one fault possessed by many sportsmen, i. «., of killing 

 more game than is actually necessary. Freanemly we read of some 

 one Killing twenty-five or thirty quail In a day. Prteua, this is a shame. 

 Eight or ten nowadays is a quantum suffirft. This is one reason why 

 taere is no game in certain localities which formerly swarmed with the 

 choicest kinds. Don't blaze awav at everything taut gets up. If I may 

 be permitted to advance an Illustration, I hope no one will throw at mo 

 the slightest hint of a braggadocio. A few days before the expiration 

 of the game law, I visited a favorite shooting locality a; me eastern 

 end ot Long Island, with the aim to be oa hand on tho flrBt day. Re- 

 turning from the beach ooe afternoon, where I had been watching the 

 water-fowl, I strayed into the edge of a rather elevated swamp, and eat 

 me down 'to rest. Fully halt the leaves had fallen, and the mild 

 autumnal sun threw its rays in a aimy shadow through the towering 



saplings. I was startled by a slight rustle. After having collected my- 

 self I Baw them ; there they sat in the huddle— one noted family of 

 I should say, about fourteen or sixteen qaall. Across my thighs lay 

 the breech-loader. Not a soul was within a mile ami a half of me 

 Who was to confront mo had I (which heaven pardon me if T ever do) 

 blazed away ? Surely mine host wonld be silent. Aught else I feared 

 not. Darkness would overtake me ere I reached home. 



As eaiall a thing as this may seem, even if the taw was not off, 1 

 think a very handsome temptation wonld not force me to Buch an act, 

 which 1 have always and ever will scrupulously give way to my con- 

 science. HAKRV Fkknwood. 



Such an instance of conscientious forbearance and self- 

 denial is rare indeed. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



Toronto Gun Cum— Toronto, Jan. 9 —The Toronto Gun Club held „ 

 enow-bird match on i,he Don Klata on New Year's da?. Only a few of 

 the club put Hi ft'i appearance, who, with tlielr friends, made oat it 

 good day's sport. The following ts the scons 1" each, 18 yards : 



Club Side, Strangers' (though friends) Side. 



B Moore 4 Br Elliott 4 



J Webster 4 M. (tassells 6 



H Miller ft P Martin..... 5 



fi Berry man 8 A Thompson 5 



J Fisher 4 H Porter 3 



J It Graham 5 H Ellin .........7 



W Kennedy H Gray 5 



DrSJmlMt ,7 J Davn 4 



KMorrieou 6-49 W Anthony 8—46 



It M. 



Fountain Gcn Club— ParkniUe, h. I.. Jan. 8.— Regular monthly 

 shoot for the cuarnpiotiship medal nf the crab. Bhot Idrat seven birds 

 each from ground craps, ham mapped rise, so yards hrianfiary ; ties 

 shot off at three birds each ; Fountain Gnu Cmb rules : 



Kearney -jr. yards 1 I t 1 1 t 1—7 



Lemken as 1 11111 1-7 



Jlurfeo.... gr t 1 1 1 1 n— 5 



Cowenhoveu 27 I 1 - n 1 1 11—5 



Watts XI - I 1 1 1 1— 6 



Williams yS 1 i 1 1 1 0-s 



White Kl 1 11 1 1 i 0—4 



Miller 23 1 1 1 fc-a 



Siauo as • 0110 1 0-3 



Byrnes 19 1 ] 1 0-3 



McMohou 23 1 10- OvS 



WKHunter hi II fi 1 I— % 



Jones 23 11 ■ 1 0—1 



Ties on seven. 

 Kearney.... 25 yds 1 1 0—2 Lemken. ...23 yds 1 0—1 



AMnench mini 1—6 G Beotler. I 10 111 1— fi 



USpix 1 1111111—3 FVodker 1 1 t 1 1 1 0—6 



MMoak 1 1 1 1 1 II 1— fi i_ihr Metager 1 11111 ti-6 



HGeiger 1 1 1 1 t 1 0— (i ch Mayer 1 1 1 1 1 1 o-O 



Brunett 1 1 1 1 1 1 0- s IT Miner 1 1 1 1 1 1-6 



Same day, double birds: 



AMuencb .11 01 01 11 00 1(1 11 01-10 



B SpiX 11 11 01 11 00 11 10 11—12 



MMoak 1U 11 11 81 10 11 10 11—12 



HGeiger 00 on n 11 H 11 11 00—10 



Brunett 11 11 on 111 11 01 10 11-11 



GBeutlcr ..II 10 01 11 10 no 11 11— ;i 



EVoelker .10 01 On 10 01 no to m_ f, 



CaMetzger 11 10 11 11 11 10 11 11—14 



Ch Mayer 10 (11 01 11 on 11 (11 10-9 



FrMiller 01 10 HO 10 it 01 to 11— 



H. 



Haixoce Club— Abilene, Has., Dec. 27.— Eleven birds each, 05 yards 

 rise, 80 yards bound ary, plunge traps : 



Beal 1 1110 111 0—7 



items ! 11 10 110—0 



Dryer 1 1111010001—7 



f'loyer oiooinlOQO— 8 



t'tambongh 110000101 0-4 



Bidwell 1 t 1 I 1—5 



Stevens 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1— to 



Giles 1 11110 11 I— S 



—See Bogardus' advertisement. 



ffnehting and Routing* 



EiiBOMON or Offioeks. — Yacht dubs throughout t/ic country 

 desiring to have l/ieir officers and prospectus for 1879 placed on 

 record in the Fohkst and Stream will seme their oian interests 

 by forwarding lists to this office. 



YACHTING NEWS. 



Reooklyn Yacht Club.— At the meeting of this club, 

 Jan. 8, the following officers were elected tor the present 

 year: Corn., John S. Dickerson, schooner Madeleine; Vice- 

 Coin., James D. Smith., schooner Entitle; Hear Com., R. S. 

 Huntley, sloop Niantfc: President. Henry W. Turner: Sec- 

 retary and Treasurer, William T. Lee; Assist. Sec, W. li. 

 Wadsworth j Measurer, .1. M. Sawyer ; Judge Advocate, 

 Henry O. Place ; Trustees— D. S. Hines, P. W. Oatrander, 

 31. T. Davidson. H. S. Wood and the flag officers. Regatta 

 Committee— J. F. Ames, P. W. Oatrander and A. C. Wash- 

 ington. Committee on Membership — J. L. Blood, P. W. 

 Jenkins and J. F. Ames. This is pretty much a new deal all 

 around, excepting such indispensable gentlemen as Mr. W. 

 T. Lee and J. M. Sawyer, who, as a matter of course, are re- 

 elected with the same regularity that duff -day comes around. 

 The Commodore "has been there before," and a most efficient 

 and enterprising officer he made, so that under the new regime 

 we expect to see the Brooklyn Club once more occupy the 

 wonted position its fleet and membership entitle it to among 

 the metropolitan organizations. 



Ah Ikon Sloop. — Mr. J. R. Busk is about having an iron 

 racing craft built to sail with the largest class of sloops. Mr. 

 A. Carey Smith is the designer, and probably the Harlan & 

 Hollingsworth Co., of Wilmington, will lay her down. We 

 question the utility or advantage of iron for sailing yachts of 

 the sloop type, and think Mr. Busk may find more trouble 

 keeping his sloop's bottom in racing condition than he expects. 

 Por cutters of deep draft and high freeboard iron, no doubt, 

 presents the advantages of light topsides and heavy keel and 

 garboards, but in the ordinary sloop these elements of success 

 disappear to a great extent and smooth ski n is lost by the use 

 of iron, even though kept well painted. Up to five knots in 

 short, wide craft, friction is the main and almost only cause 

 of " resistance," and as light weather is the sloop's congenial- 

 ity, iron is hardly to be regarded as favorable to her best 

 weather. 



A Pkouliak Siiabi'ie. — Aboard the sharpie Quiniplac, ot 

 New Haven, we learn that no one was ever known to go 

 thirsty in spite of these crafts' proverbial dryness. This is 

 one of those reconciliations of opposites for which these boats 

 are famous when in veteran hands. 



Ice YAonTtNG. — The two chief clubs which follow this 

 sport are in a flourishing condition, and the number of 

 " boats" enrolled on their lists is rapidly increasing, owing to 

 the life and vigor infused ia the cluba through the instru- 



mentality of their chief officers, Commodore Irving Grinnell 

 and Commodore John A. Moosevelt, ami 1 ithers. Mr. Grinnell 

 owDS no less than five boats, Sir. Ha fj six, and 



Mr. Roosevelt two. while many others own 

 The Poughkeepsie Club was organized 1861, and New Ham- 

 burg C lib in 1869. The following is a list or the jachts now 

 on the books of both these clubs : 



Poughkeepsie— Avalanche, E. Harrison Sandford; Advance, 

 E. Harrison Sandford; Cyclone, Henry Bergh, Jr.; Eftfa, 

 Theodore V. Johnston; Echo, George Col ling wood ; Wlytng 

 Dutchman, Wm. H. Roe ; Qracie, John A. Roosevell 

 James N. Winslow, lime, Aaron Innis; Hail. Aaron liinis; 

 Icicle, John A. Roosevelt: Jessie, William H.' R01 

 Oliver H. Booth.: Snoib Flake, Charles H. Forfeit; BajmM 

 A. E. Whiting; Brum Bird, Henry Bergh, Jr.; Norseman, 

 E. Harrison Sandford ; Viking, E. Harrison Sandford ; I 7m, 



E. Harrison Sandford • Fairi/. E. Harrison Sandford: Zip. 

 T. H. Ransom. 



New Hamburgh.— Zephyr, J. R. Lawson ; Quidcdep, W. 

 LeRoy; Zig Zag, 3. LeRoy and H. Millard ; Fti/ino Cloud, 

 Irving Grinnell ; Fly Away, Irvine Grinnell; l'hanUnn, P. 

 A. M. Van Wyck ; itoud, J. F Satterthwaite; Zero, P. Le- 

 Roy, Qui Vite, Charles LeRoy ; Dart, ML Hughes; Whiff, L 

 GrmnelL ; Boreas, I. Grinnell. Puff, L Grinnell; MeUw;3. 



F. Satterthwaite; Comet, J. F. Siitterthwaitc. 



Mr. Roosevelt, in his yacht, has made a mile in forty-eight 

 seconds. His boat measures, from end of boom to end of bow- 

 sprit, 68ft., with a width between runners of 29ft., and carries 

 1,070 square feet of canvas. Mr. Saiidford's Avalanche is 

 cat-rigged, and of different construction from the others, 

 being in fact a light low box sleigh, mounted 011 two "bogie" 

 sleighs, each having two runners 7ft, long stud lift, apart. 

 They are connected by gearing, so that the'boat is turned by 



n /»(*inil'ii«fn-1 mnriAfi t\( lw.f-U 1. -.1,,.-- ,....„'... ^. :.. ,......».,: 1 .. .1: 



Grinnell, was. e.Uiibiled at the Centennial, and attracted much 

 attention there. She is known to be very fast. Three matches 

 are arranged, and will come off at the first opportunity, when 

 the ice is in good condition; they are the owners, first and 

 second class, nnd non-owners; anil a challenge has also been 

 sent for the pennant, now held by the Pouuukeepme Club. 

 Officers of the New Hamburgh Club : Com. Irvine; Grinnell. 

 Vice-Corn,, J. R. Lawson ; Secretary, P. A. M. Van Wyck; 

 Treasurer, P. LeRoy, and Measurer, W. Losee. Regatta 

 Committee— Phillip Schuyler, John LeRoy and II. 'Van 

 Wyck. Officers of the Poughkeepsie, Club : Com. John A. 

 Roosevelt ; Vice-Com., Theo. V. Johnson, Treasurer, Dr. 

 Guy C. Bayk-y, and Secretary, Thos. Ransom. Regatta 

 Committee— Hudson Taylor, Henry S. Frost and William C. 

 Arnold. A description of the ice yacht has been published in 

 a former number of this paper. 



GAR AND PADDLE. 



The Han Ian Club. 



A GREAT deal of nonsense has been written of late con- 

 cerning the internal affairs of this club. From infor- 

 mation sent us we learn that none of the statements which 

 have appeared of late have any foundation in faot, but are the 

 creations of imaginative brains, which for the lack of any 

 better theme have devoted their energies to the construction of 

 fabulous taleB, with no better foundation to rest upon than un- 

 authorized and unwarranted rumors. A local Canadian 

 journal got itself into a snarl with a contemporary, aud a won- 

 derful deal of nonsense was concocted to fill vacant space 

 which might much better have been devoted to healthier ends, 

 and thus a needless and puerile wrangle bits J 

 over nothing, to the disgust of the better portion of the public, 

 who had already been surfeited with gammon concerning the 

 Courtney-Hanlan race, aud are not kindly disposed to having 

 the subject prolonged. The attempt to belittle the character 

 of the, members or officers of the Hanlau Club has its origin in 

 the same motives of jealousy and spite which sought to fasten 

 fraud upon the two competitors at Lachine, an aim thai, 

 miserably tailed. Fulsome praise of the OwaSCO oarsman and 

 many months' pay lost on his chances, even before it was 

 earned, have contributed much toward souring certain men's 

 dispositions when contemplating the untarnished career in the 

 past and the bright future of 'the Canadian champion. If 

 these detractors could only realize the serious inroads their ir- 

 responsible volubility is making into the confidence and esti- 

 mation of the great public to whose approval we must look for 

 a euutinuance of the present popularity of manly 

 sports, they would cease their disparaging babble and turn 

 their thoughts to some more elevating phase of the oarsmen's 

 art, which they are now doing their best to bring into unde- 

 served disrepute. The Hanlan Club can manage their own 

 affairs to the satisfaction of the American ehampiorj, and that 

 is quite enough for the public to know, What scandal-' 

 mongers may think or write concerns them not, nor will it 

 have the slightest effect in replenishing pockets, emptied 

 through indiscretion and over-hasty zeal. We have been led 

 to these remarks because even some of que respected English 

 contemporaries have taken up this senseless hue aud cry, and 

 since across the Atlantic our staid cousins are slow to see the 

 animus underlying some chapters in American journalism of 

 the more reckless sort, we trust these few lines may serve to 

 make them see nmre cleat ly how much credit to give to the 

 pointless tirade against Haulan and his managers, and to un- 

 derstand that rowing in America, professional or amateur, ha« 

 not sunk to the low level some of our contemporaries, in their 

 hasty insinuations, might lead them to believe 



Hakvakd and Oxfobd.— As might have been expected 

 the somewhat wdd aud unreasonable request of Harvard for 

 a race with the Oxford crew on the Thames, England, 

 months after the University race, which would require the. 

 keeping together and training of an Oxford eight long after 

 their regular race with Cambridge in March, bus met with an 

 end unforeseen by none but the most enthusiastic. We can- 

 not help luit think that something else besides the late date 

 set. down by Harvard lias carried weight in Oxford's declining 

 the offer from America. There has Of late been an outspoken 

 opinion abroad against, international rowing moti 



against the undue prominence supposed even now to 



to the University races. Though we are fur from 



with any such falsely accepted notions which would ascribe 



to the deep popular interest manifested in college racing the 



shortcomings ot students at theii books, there can be 



tion but that the number of races and matches can he carried 



too far for the convenience and interests of those 



the crews, who have other affairs on hand besides continually 



keeping in battle array from one end of the year to the other. 



