514 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



Colgrove 011101110101111111 1-ls 



Mouormlc.i.i mill noun 1 mi n oi 1— u 



Frank Kerst 1110 101110 10111011 0— u 



Snyre. 010 11111111110 11 1-14. 



Prea McWorter o l o 1 o l 1 l l l l o l o o l l o l i-i:t 



Charles Neiil 1 100110110111 liiooo 1—13 



Coy d (10 10 110 110 111110 1—11 



rmve Clark o l o o l o o o l i i o o 1 i i o l l l— n 



Philo Wickes l l o 1 l o i o l l o o n o o l l o l l— 11 



Niveson 100001001101110000 1—8 



Dan Clark , 1 110000101110000000 (I- 7 



II Poll 10 01001010000001000 0— 5 



Morris 00000000010000 000 0—1 



In shooting off tie Wilson, wou. 



Pigeon match; free to all ; three prizes; five Blugle rises; plunge 

 traps; 18 yards rise, 80 yards boundary; weather cojd and birds dull : 



MoCormlo ill 1 1-5 Nlveson 



W J Allen 1 110 1—4 Archer 



Hilly Wilson ....1 110 1-4 James Smith 



Morris 1 1 1—3 Jhive Clark 



Coy 1 1 1 0-3 Siierm Briukcrhull... 



H Pell 10 10 1—3 Fred McWor. er 



Clint stove 1 10 1—3 Philo Wicker 



AITFowler 1 1110-4 Dan Clark 



Prank Kerst 1 101 0—3 Colgroye. 



In shooting oil ties Wilson and Pell won. 



.110 1 0—3 

 .0111 0—3 

 .0110 1—3 

 .110 1—3 

 .0110 0—2 

 .0 10 1 0—2 

 .0001 0—1 



.oooi o—i 



.0000 o—o 



b. r. b. 



New Jbbsby— WeM Huboken, Jan. 13.— Regular ;medal shoot of the 

 Palisade Gun Club: 



IlrTalsin l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1—18 



I, Palmer l lllioooiioiliilioi o— 11 



WPftine 1 11110101191110101 0—13 



J Corbet 1 111101111110110111 0—16 



.E Collins 1 100011001111111110 1—14 



F Brazean OOOOOOOOOw 



JO Asuius 0101000100W 



AArderson 1 1 1 1 01 1 1 1 [II 1 01 00 0-13 



11 vLengerke 1 111111111111111111 0—19 



OHesse 1 101001111111110 011 1—16 



BS Payne 101100011111000100 1—10 



To give every shooter an equal chance they were divided in four 

 classes: first class allowing the second two balls!; second, two balls to 

 third; taird, two balls to fourth. Dr. Talson won the medal. 



Justus v. Lenherke, Sec. 



Shrewsbury gun Ci.nn— Aebury Park, X. J„ Jan. 21 — Match for 

 club gold badge, 18 yds. rise, Bogardua traps : 



S W Morfoid 1 1111111111111 1—15 



LB Campbell 1 1011111111111 1— 14 



(1 II Wild 1 0111110111111 1—13 



AH Coleman 1 (I 111101110111 1—12 



O T Marsden 1 lllOllllloloo 1—11 



T Parser 11111 11 000001 1 1-10 



.1 B Bergen 1 100 1011101 110 1—10 



Charles ttilllwell 1 1110180110101 1— 10 



Henry White 10 110011110101 1—10 



T Davis 1 0110000100000 1— 



Pennsylvania— Philadelphia, Jan. 15.— On the morning of Tuosdayfl 

 the 14th infant, a Urge number of sportsmen congregated at the 

 house of Alfred Brothers, situated on Nicetowu Lane, near the Town- 

 ship Line, to witness a. pigeon match ol Ave birds, two) t 

 eighty yap lUudar; thodelsl estants being John 

 Parks, of Tioga, and Edward Godfrey, the genial host of the Shaffer 

 Heme, Eighth and Green streets. The following is the score : 

 EGodfrey 1 l o * *— 2 J Parks o oil 0—2 



The tie was shot off, Mr. Godfrey proving the winner, as Mr. Parks 

 failed to kill his bird. J. S. JI. 



Illinois— ATM-saw, Jo«. 11.— Match on l«e of Mississippi Kivor ; Bo- 

 gardus screen trap ; IS yards rise. First match: 



Gen O Edwards 1010100101011 11011 1—12 



('apt J HFiulay 1 0110 11110010 101110 0—12 



Jno Worthen 1 111111111111111111 1—20 



.IE. Johnston 100101101110 110001 1-11 



Tom Worthen 1 110 111101011111 010 0-16 



j A Davis 1 101110011110011011 1-14 



WPiedrit 110011111 111011011 0— u 



JN Welch 1 1100110111111110 1—14 



J Breitensteln 1 1 1 1 10011000111111 1—14 



Double balls : 



GenOJSdwards 10 11 11 01 11 11 11 11-14 



JN Welch 00 00 00 00 00 w 



.TWortucu Hi 11 11 11 II -9 



J Breitensteln 00 11 oo 01 w 



J Worthen ...1 1,1 o o— 3 J N welch 1 11111—5 



Adoon Around. 



1 :idiana.— CennarsvilU, Jan. 14.— Yesterday we held a sweepstakes 



■WBhii. f, i". 1., ,e round trap, 21 yards start, So yards bouuilary, 



ds in diameter, marked by small flags, 



was made around the trap ; gun below the elbow until the rabbit was 



sideol circle and on the go. This was something new. and attracted 



qntte a crowd. The match was quite exciting, and afforded a great 



Seal of sport. Below is the score : 



8 W Beck., Oil 0—2 W Snyder 1 1—2 



J? Snyder 1 111 1—5 D Roots J 111 1—5 



J Moore 110 1—3 TWllson 1 1 1 1 1—5 



■Ross 1 10 1 0—3 



Ties, misi and go out, Moore and Wilson divided. 

 Second money : 



Moore 1 1111111111 1— 12 



fl03S 1 llllllllll 0—11 



Duck No. 2. 



fatiotml §Hstim^s, 



Willia.M8bukgh Athletic Club.— Athletic interests in the 

 vicinity of New Tork have received a new impetus by the 

 organization of the Williamsburgh Athletic Olub, of Williams- 

 burgh, Long Island. At a meeting held January 9 this or- 

 ganization was perfected, with a strong membership and a list 

 of officers, whose activity promises very creditable work for 

 the club. The President, pro tern., is Mr. Charles^Gaubert; 

 Vice-Free.) Mr. T. V. Forster; Secretary, Mr. J. M. W. HudL; 

 Treasurer, Mr. Charles Haselton. Suitable grounds will be 

 secured at an early day, and the first public games of the club 

 will probably be held in the spring. All applications for 

 membership should be sent by letter, stating age, residence 

 and place of business, to the Secretary, Mr. J. M. W. Hunt, 

 care of Charles Gaubert, 107 Broadway, Brooklyn, E. I). 



Aruiibkt Goods.— Messrs. Conroy, Bissett & Malleson, of 

 05 Pulton St., New York, who are the inventors and paten- 

 tees of the celebrated "split bamboo bow," have secured the 

 services of W. Holberton to take charge of that department 

 of their business. Mr. Holberton's experience as an archer as 

 well as an old fly-fisherman for trout and black bass, will un- 

 doubtedly make his services valuable. Messrs. Conroy, Bis- 

 sett & Malleson also intend supplying sportsmen with full 

 camping outfit, including stoves, tents, moccasins, etc., and 

 they will have completed shortly the retail catalogue adver- 

 tised last season, but which from press of business they were 

 unable to complete. 



Owing to the want of properly seasoned timber, American 

 bows have, so far, not been a success. Messrs. Conroy, Bis- 

 sett & Malleson have both the skilled labor and well seasoned 

 wood on hand, and will be able to produce lancewood self and 



fancy backed bows equal to any imported goods and at a 

 lower price. 



Boston Athletic Cu:b.— A new athletic club with the 

 above name has been organized at Boston. The following 

 officers have been elected ; President and CoriespondiDg 

 Secretary, Charles P. Huckins j V ice- 1 'resident, George if 

 Adams; Treasurer, William Brown; Secretary, John D. 

 Wayne ; Executive Committee. A. L. Estabrook, William P 

 Brennan, C. A. George, W. P. Goodell. 



Cotjes' Birds of the Colobado Valley. —There is a 

 stage in the Pfe of every student of ornithology, when enthusi- 

 asm is easy, when every bird is a wonderful revelation ; when a 

 warbler never seen before is the rich reward of each day's labor, 

 and every bird's song is a voieo from the unknown laud. But 

 with time this charm wears away. In your favorite thicket, tho 

 twitter of the redstart is a warning to follow no longer, for you 

 have redstarts enough; the cardinal grosbeck may let his clock 

 run down, and you not even look or listen ; the plain bird that 

 you shoot because yon do not know it, turns out only a red-eyed 

 vireo or a female indigo-bird, and you would give alt your day's 

 bird-Bains if it were again alive in the tree. 



After this time, if you still study birds, and cannot go on to 

 frosh fields and pastures new, you must come to something dry 

 Take your scalpel and work on the tongues and stomachs, or 

 look for ten primaries on the swallow, where only nine grew be- 

 fore ; or, still worso, you may turn away from birds to the bird 

 men of other days, and from their literary bones evolve synony- 

 my ; and the thoughts once stirred by the shivering and bodiless 

 notes of the first bluebird may never stir again. 



As with the individual, so with American Ornithology. The period 

 of Wilson and Audubon and Nuttall will not oome again. The new 

 birdscome no longer. The rosy glow of enthusiasm is passed, and 

 the serious business of ornithological hair-aplitting, or feather-split- 

 ting, is upon us. Andbecauso this is so, all the more heartily do we 

 welcome this last book of Dr. Coues. Its biographical part might 

 have been written by Audubon, had Audubon known enough, and 

 could he have weightod his imagination better by facts. Its tech- 

 nical part is fully up to 1879, for no ornithologist that ever lived 

 has done such work more faithfully than Dr. Coues, yet every 

 page is luminous with the bright enthusiasm of the earlier timeB. 

 Every bird in Dr. Coues' pages stands out as a sharp individuality. 

 Aud they are not thrown in to ornament the scene, but each bird 

 has his portrait, life-size, out of doors, with itself as the control 

 figure. For many of our birds, this book contains tho fullest as 

 well as certainly the best biographies ever written. 



The last 240 pages of the work are devoted to a " Bibliography 

 of North American Ornithology," a most valuable aud laborious 

 piece of work, of which the English ornithologist, Newton, has 

 said it is tho most excellent piece of bibliography "in existence, 

 whenever, wherever or by whomsoever done." We have little 

 space for quotations, but the following, from the embarrassment 

 of riches here, will leave a eweet taste with the reader : 



The bluebird "soon returns with its cheery, voluble warbling, 

 inseparable from the associations of spring-time, presaging all the 

 hopeful aspirations of tho coming year. This song is melody 

 without great power ; delightful modulation without exhibition of 

 the highest art. It is sweet and charming, lacking great force, 

 yet with a touch of such nervous quality that more is left to the 

 imagination than is revealed. Like tho sunshine of the days, 

 when the year is young, and nature seems to pause to gather 

 strength for her intended triumphs, this melting music of the 

 bluebird is full of dohcious languor and dreamy voluptuousness, 

 suggesting the possibilities of all things, expressing tho realities 

 of none. It is a promise and a pledge of the future, like the un- 

 conscious yearning of a maiden for what sho knows not." 



DAvrr s. Joedan. 



American Naturalist.— The first number of the thirteenth vol- 

 ume of the American Naturalist contains several articles of much 

 interest. Prof. J. E. Todd writes entertainingly about " Certain 

 Contrivances for Cross Fertilization in Flowers," Mr. W. J. Hoff- 

 man about "Curious Aboriginal Customs," and Lieut. A. W. 

 Vogdes gives some interesting facts on Florida mounds, entitled 

 "Notes on a Lost Race of America." Tho title of Mr. John A. 

 Ryder's article, " The Gemmule vs. the Plaatidula as thB Ultimate 

 Physical Unit of Living Matter," will prove rather a Btaggerer to 

 the non-scientific reader, but the paper shows much thought and 

 careful study. Mr. Alfred W. Bonnett'a essay on the " Absorp- 

 tion of Water by the Leaves of Plants " has a practical value that 

 must recommend it to all. Dr. A. S. Packard presents a very im- 

 portant paper on the "Breeding Habits of thoEoi," but aB the 

 author is still continuing his investigations we postpone a notice 

 of it for the present. " Recent Literature" and "General Notes " 

 are quite full. Among the latter we observe one on a "Singular 

 Habit of a Meloid Beetle," by our friend. Mr. 8. W, Wiliiston, 

 and one on the "Mode of Drinking of the Red Squirrel," by 

 Judge Caton. 



BOOK.S ItEOiHVBD. 

 " Zimmerman's History of Germany," parts 31 and 32. Henry 

 J. Johnaon, 27 Bookman street, New York ; sole agent, John 

 Beaoham, 23 Liberty street, N. Y. 



Jfnstvets to ^o^respattdmts. 



No Notice Taken ot Anonjmoua ConamunloaLtaiu. 



Where to go foe Game. — Correspondents who send us 

 specific questions as to where to find best localities for game 

 and fish are referred to our game columns. All the news that 

 coraes to us is there giveu. By keeping themselves infeimed 

 from this source our friends will save themselves and us 

 much trouble. Head the paper. 



F. I J . B., flavennorr, Iowa.— Wonld arvlse you to build a sharpie. 

 See our present issues. 



G. M, S., Boston, Mass.— see our Fish Department tats week lor New 

 Hampshire salmon law. 



I'nrnnxEEPSLE, H. Y.— Courtney never rowed against Evan Morris, 

 lie seta undoubtedly heat Morris. 



lKfjuiTtEK, Horfolk, va._ we can give you no Information of our own 

 Knowledge regarding the person yon name. 



W. A. E., Brooklyn.— Nuttal Bulletin, monthly, price S'i. Address 

 Euthven Deane, Essex Institute, Salem, Ma33. 



Scbbcribbk, Stamford, Conn.— Tcnr pattern is a good one. A good 

 lubricator for bullets is common lard or tallow. 



n. E. S., Sparta, Mich— Stonehenge costs $7.50. For waterproof 

 Bhooiing Buits send to the makers who advertise in our columns. 



E. S„ Maryland.— roar sketch received and accepted. A neglect to 

 give your post office makes it Impossible to write you. Please send it. 



G. T. A., Watsonvllle.— Tue gun is a very good one. For Gordon set- 

 ters in San Francisco write to the president of the San Francisco Ksnne l 

 Club. 



H. 13., Mlddletown.— " L'rntse of the Orion" ia not to bo had in this 

 country, tan obtain it for you from England npou receipt of ?2. Time, 

 three weeks. 



.1. M„ Jr., Philadelphia.— The 1'nlon Metallic Cartridge Company 

 manufacture 3ln. shells for 12 gauge guns. You can have a new pair 

 of barrels put on to yoar Btock. Send to Squires, Oourtland st, city. 



C. H. W., Augusta, Me.— For construction of skin's aud smal! yachts 

 see thirteen papers on bout-bailding published in Vols. IX and X. Can 

 send any one upon receipt of price of paper. 



E. J. W. K., Philadelphia.— " The Yachtsman's Handy Book" is not 

 to be obtained in America. Can procure it for you from England upon 

 receipt of $1.75. Time, three weeks. 



F-. A. T., Dedham, Mass.— Should a pure pair of Gordons throw any 

 pups except black and tan ; if so, what color ? Aus. It is not at all un- 

 usual for a Gordon setter bitch to throw one or more red puppies. 



( ;. E. P., Allegheny City, Pa.— Captain Bogardus' gun ia a full choke 

 bore. We can only refer ysu to the letter of Captain Bogardus con- 

 cerning the tin-coated shot which was published last week. 



Partridge, Dover, N. H.— For Report of the Adjutant General of 

 your State lSGl-'GG, write directly to the present Adjutant General. 

 For Keports of other States do the same. Fjr your gun use St', dra. of 

 the powder. 



T. W. G., Philadelphia.— For a winter shooting and fishing tlip either 

 Florida or Texaa offer rare advantages. We have already published 

 so muoa concerning both States that yon can make your choice. 



11. M. it., Delphi, Ind.— The design of gun lock eogravingwhlck yon 

 send ns Is a very good one. It is faulty In some of the details— not even- 

 ly balanced ; too much smoke for gun, etc. A little practice will prob- 

 ably make you efficient. 



Canvas Back, Cleveland.— Plans of sharpie will shortly be published. 

 A 30 foot boat, with about s feet beam, would be our choice for your 

 purposes. She can stand a heavy sea and has fair accommodations, see 

 letters published this week, etc. 



Grouse, Collamer, Pa.— The hind quarters of a deer are termed the 

 saddle. " Saddle long" Is tho saddle with a part of the loin added. The 

 reputation of the gnnmaker is good, so far as we know. The dow-claw 

 iu hunting doga is a mark of mongrellsin. 



S. I. Y., Brooklyn.— Will be obliged for any information cf practical 

 observations concerning the speed of yachts of different classes for 

 different angles of heel, suob as half way down to rail, rail awash, cabin 

 house awash, etc. Any one having made a series of such observations 

 will oblige by sending them to thlB office. 



G. H. W., PlattBburgh, N. Y.— If you were buying a Scott gun to be 

 used for shooting all Kinds of game from the snipe to the deer what 

 gauge, weight, length of barrel, etc., wonld you get? What price 

 wonld you pay? Ans. 12 gauge, S pound, 30 inch barrel. If our means 

 would permit we would buy a Premier, costing $.300. 



G. B. II., Newport, Ky.— If your metal sheila have been expanded by 

 nae in a gun of larger calibre, you will have to procure new shells, 

 rutting a higher rear sight on to your shotgun for auxiliary rifle barrel 

 will probably remedy present defect in sighting. A sight with Blngle 

 peep-sight ia not objectionable, for with it you really make as true a 

 centre as with the other sights. 



Incog., New York.— 1. Are Lewis and LTickman counties, Tennessee, 

 prosperous and fertile 7 2, Arc there any sqnattcra there v 

 cereals are best adapted to the soil ? 4. Are there any minerals ? 5, 

 Would land there be a profitable Investment? e. What game, Ilah, 

 ffesh, orfowl? Ans. 1. Ho. 2. Population generally poor. 3. Corn, 

 oats, wheat, etc., but not of fair quality. 4. Soil ia sandy. B, Doubtful 

 —probably not. Middle Tennessee ia better. 6. Deer, turkeys, etc.; 

 bass, chub, suckers, etc. 



A. F„ Wapakoneta, O.— Please give me your opinion on 'he work 

 " llrehm's Thierlebln." I think it names all animals only In Latin aud 

 German. Do you know of a familiar work with as good cats as Brehm's 

 whioh wonld be more practical for this country? Aus. There Is no 

 better work than " Brehm's Thicrlsbln," but, as you say, it is In Ger- 

 man. It has, however, been partially translated In England, we think 

 MacMlllan & Co., 22 Bond St., Now York, would know ; write to them. 

 We know of no single work that would take its place. 



G. 11. c, Atlanta. Qa.— My pointer bitch has puppies, now one month 

 old (seven In number). She la growing lean very rapidly, and from her 

 actions I fear she is sick. She has a kind of hitching cough similar to 

 hiccoughs in a man and, a disposition or tendency to vomit frequent- 

 ly. Can you tell me what 1 shall do for her, Itauylhtng? Also, what 

 food for the puppies? Ana. Your bitch probably has 

 worms ; give her areca nut. Feed the puppies on bread and nulk nnlil 

 they arc old enough to eat scraps from the table. 



w. U. L , Pougbkeepste.— There is no law against your building a 

 paper canoe for your own nse. Any one can make a patented article 

 for his personal UBe or consumption without paying royalty. Royalty 

 must be paid only when you build for a trade or profit. To build a 

 paper canoe prepare a solid model of seasoned pine, allow for stem and 

 sterupoat at ends, flnishlng them off with rabbets ; also, Blot in bot'om 

 of model for keelson. Fit these in their places. Cse either best man- 

 illa paper, or that prepared from pnre unbleached linen etc. 

 sheets being full length or model, unless you will accept a lap, which 

 Bhonld be avoided. Dampen the sheets, tack on Ural one, cement over 

 and put on next sheet, etc , till required thickness is obtained. If linen 

 paper, nae one. Bheet only. When dry, remove model and subject to 

 waterprooilug process, then Insert keelson, inwalea, irames, etc.; deck 

 nver and varnish. Or all framing may flrat be puttogel 1 

 on Che wooden model, SSta B-lfiln. thick. For comcDt, try aedai p 



:.» parts, litharge:; parts ; mt>: well while hot. \pply 

 hot in very small quantity, using a rubber. For varnlnhlnz, use pure 

 copal. Pat on several coats. Allow the cement to soak through the 

 paper, so as to make the whole waterproof. 



