FOREST AND STREAM. 



11 



"Whoever, nt any season of the year, Hikes. kills, i.r destroys 

 !inv L'ruiic birds, by means of traps, shares, neis or Springs, 

 or' gfioota br kills any water fowl, l.y ihc nscof any battery, 

 swivel or pivot gun, shall forfeit, for fevery 8nch offence, 

 twcmv livr dollars. Provided, thai in the propel' sea- 

 son, chic may snare partridges on 1>N OwiJ land to' personal 

 use, 



Whoever takes, kills, sells, boys, has i„ ppssegaion, or 

 il-S for sate, auy WOQflcOCk, from .liiuuary 1st, lill July 

 |Di, any partridges, from January 1st, till September 1st, 

 quail, from December tfith, iill October )•">, shall for- 

 I'ei't I'm every such i>ii d , twenty ft vo.dollars. 



"Possession, by anv person, Of birds mentioned as pro- 

 tected in this Act', shall he prima .I'" 1 ' evidence to eonviel 

 iimlrr i In' same, and one hall' of all forfeitures »h*ll be paid 

 to ih Informrnri or prosecutor." 



i'iiNNKCTICUT. 



'I'lie fallowing amended game law of Conneeiieui was 

 Rpprovcd July 2oth, 1874:— 



Ski "i ion 1 . No person shall. With inlcnt so in do, bc- 

 mean the first day of .lannarv and ihc Hist day of July, 

 and between the lasi d.-n of July and the firsi day of 

 QptOper in any year, kill. destrdy, lake or capture any of 

 the species of'game called woodcock. No person shall, be- 

 tween ihc first day of January and Hie lirsl day of Ocioher 

 in any year, kilh destroy, lake or eaplnre any of, thai 

 species of game call partridge- No person shall, between 

 the first day of January and Ihc lirsl day of October in any 

 year, kill, destroy, take or capture anv ol thai species of 

 game called quail; and no poison shall at any time with 

 i'nleni >o to do, lake or deslroy Ihe nests or ihc eggs of any 

 ot ihe u;imc birds in this section mentioned. Anv person 

 Pending againsl anv of the provisions of litis section shall 

 forfeit and pay for every woodcock, partridge or quail 

 taken, killed or destroyed'conlrary to the provisions of IJUS 

 act, a sum not exceeding twenty dollars to any person who 

 shall sue therefor and prosecute his suit to effect. 



Si-X. 2. No person shall, except on his own land, with 

 inieni so to do. dike, capture, kill or deslroy, by means of 

 fops, snsres, nets, ot other similar devices, any of thai 

 species of game called woodcock, partridge or quail. 

 [Every person who shall violalc any of tne provisions of 

 this section, sh.ill forfeit and pay, for every woodcock, 

 partridge or quail taken or captured contrary Ho (be pro- 

 visions of ibis section, the sum of twenty-five dollars to 

 the pel-Son who shall sue therefor, and prosecute his suit to 

 elf eel. 



m.i 3 Every person who shall sell, expose for sale or 

 purchase any of Ihe •ami: birds mentioned in tin lirsl 

 section of this act, tak&n contrary to the provisions of this 

 act, shall forfeit and pay Tor even woodcock, quail or par- 

 tridge so sold, exposed for sale oi purchased, the sum of 

 ten dollars to him who shall sue therefor, and prosecute his 

 suit to effect. 



Klkuork, Wis.. August 1st. 18M. 

 Editor Ii'orest ANn Stick/cm:— 



In your issue of 30th ult., under heudin 

 tiiist.'' I rend "pinnated grouse are in sea 

 (own Aim,. 2id, &C." Vim am certainl.i 

 gffate, unci also. 1 think, in regard to tov 

 ' -cliickce season" opened here on the SOtl 

 ter. amended Ihe «aine law in this part 

 for pinnated grouse from November lSill 

 1 enclose herewith a copy of the (lot. 



It is the general Understanding here . ui 

 by citizen sportsmen of the Hawkcyc S 

 opens in Iowa on the ir.th of August, II 

 taw. I Hare not « copy Ot the Iowa gi 

 doubt but this is the fact. 



There will he very little grouse or quail shooting in this section, owing 

 to the destructive rain fails of about the 1st of June. (Irkknheali. 



Our copy of Iowa State law now before us, says August 

 22d.— Ed." V & S. 



n Season Wi Au- 

 isin Aug. 30th; ill 

 1 in regard to thin 

 ■al years past the. 



; 15th of Augi 



J I have recently been inforn 

 tate, that the chicken seat 



law, bill 



MY FIRST ELK-ifcfs Artim'r,,,,,,* 



Editor b'oui 



The following story i 

 Gorsllnc'a "Green Mo 

 (Wis.) twenty years ago 

 the droll humor is iuim 



When I was a boy of 

 Green Mount 

 to school, am 



Stk 



as related to me n 



main boy," who en 



I relate it, nearly a 



by Mr. James 

 a Badger Stale 

 is lips, though 



walki 



1 1 lived with my father at the too 

 t. T had to travel a distance of tw 

 lg home one night I was startled by 



miles 



i huge 



rt distance ahead, and bound- 



in may believe I was not long in 



.e, when T breathlessly told my 



ic immediately pronounced to be 



ild him the direction which it had 



jd our guns, and wore away at a 



My father informed me during 



laklnj 



creature which sprang across the ro 

 ing lightly along soon disappeared, 

 traversing the remaining distance 

 father of the. animal I had seen, whi 

 an elk from the description I gave. 

 taken, and we bridled the horses, 

 run in pursuit, of the fleeing fugiti 

 the ride that ihe elk, in all probability, wai 

 mountain known as Laurel Hill, where they usually fed during the win- 

 ter ou laurel leaves, which remained green and nutritious when all else 

 was blighted with frost. Ottr calculations were, made accordingly, and 

 we uf°ed our beasts to the utmost to reach the spot before his lordship 

 and conceal ourselves close to a ledge, along which he must pass to 

 reach the feeding grounds. This ledge was not more than six feet in 

 width and. fifteen rods in length, with an almost perpendicular descent 

 on either side for perhaps twenty feet. When we had almost reached 

 the ledge my father spoke in an undertone and said : "James, you follow 

 along carefully to the foot ot the ledge, and I will go to the top, so as to 

 completely cut him off should he attempt to come back after he has 

 started np" the a«'.cnt." I answered in the affirmative, and tethered rny 

 horse unite a distance hack, then crept, silently to the allotted place, 

 where 1 was sercer.*."! by a large rock. In a few minutes I heard a crack- 

 ing of twigs beneath: saw the elk approaching, all unconscious of the 

 near proximity of his would-be slayer. The critical moment had come, 

 and I levelled my rifle with care and fired. At the report he trembled 

 and reeled to and fro for an instant, then fell heavily and rolled from 



with 



i erag down to the bottom of tin 

 him. My body fairly trembled 

 With proud triumph as 1 gazed o 

 niense bieadth of antlers, and 

 palled me on the head and told 

 might be proud of. 



wher 



IDt 



n followed 

 my eyes dilated 



beantiful form and marked the Ita- 

 ly enp of joy was full when my father 

 e I had made a shot many old hunters 

 Fked. 



Paii 



I, Ky., August 1st, 1874, 

 L. Trotter of Lexingtoi 



Bditor Forkst and Stream.— 



A match was arranged here to-day b 

 Ky., and T. C. Woodford of liourbon county, at ten double, rises each, 

 gai a side, play or pay, to be shot half way between Lexington and Paris 

 oil the tilth of Angual. Another matcb, between Trotter and L. C. 

 South of Frankfort, for JUKI a side, to come off at Lexington on the 

 tfltli of September. Thd above named three are Kentucky's best. 



Yours, &Q, , Kt 



— In our notice last week of the pigeon tournament 

 which is to lake place al Chicago lo-inorrow, 14th instant, 

 our types made us say that the prizes in lln- double bird 

 shoot were *ll). $30, $20, $10 and $5. ll should have been 



printed $400, $300, etc.; or ten times (lie amount. 



—The Kleinman-.Iohnson pigeon matches are attracting 

 considerable interest in Chicago, The gentlemen are pilled 

 for a series oftfcn matches for $35 a side, .lohnson standing 

 al Jl yards, and Kleininan it 36 yards, Three mutches 

 have now been sliol olf, in which, Strange 10 -;iv, Ihe eon- 

 leslants have fie. I. each [laving kill' '1 (57 bfrdS out or 7~>. 

 The following are the details . 



.\„„- SfmoM. KMi'i. Maflt. 



W.T. J.iUii-mii I i -'il Fiisi inril.h 



U . I Johnson ••>'> lb Second inalcll. 



W.T Johnson. IU 88 Third matcb. 



Total 



J.J Klciutmiii 



.1 ,1. Kb iniuaii . 

 J. J . Kleininan . 



or 



M 

 'Jl 



First raali li 

 Second 

 Third match. 



itch. 



(fbf.il 49 67 



The birds wcie ta-t and line livers : Johnson's clean SS 

 was bi'illianl, while Klcinnian's v'o iwicc was :t -real 



siieees- 



Kditoh Foiiki- 



In Ihe lasi 

 Rogardus offer 

 one hundred hi 



No 



let 



CAPTAIN BOGARDUS' CHALLENGE. 



1'iiii.Aiu-a.i'iiiA, Augusl 10, 1874. 

 \mi Stream -. 



tuber of your paper 1 littd ilini ('npluin 

 to bet |100 against S|50ff that he can kill 

 s siraiirhl froth a spring trap : three min- 

 ,1 to collect the birds. 

 , v ..sk the skilful shooiisi. llirou.gli your col- 

 umns if nn\ ■ pariv aeeepiinir ibis proposition cun have the 

 construclin'ir of the trap to be used on the occasion, wliich 



will he rtn ordinary old fashioned sprihu; Isip. For, if so, 



the licl will be al mice taken. _ " Oktoi.an " 



I'ni'.TI.AMi. A.iL-ast Jib, ISM. 

 Krin-oK I'oiu-.sT »nd Struam: ■ 



The anuiveivary Shaol of tin- Maine Shooting ClBo of rmtlainl. i -aiue 

 off at Long Island, in Ca-eo Bay, the SOtll lilt. Sflclostvd please flpd 

 score. The day was vi i.v line, and we had a griufl time. The club rhar- 



liicaficr n- \ye shot at gyros, did m>t keep 



o p. a., 



that v 



nil Hie 



thie,- -a!u:— . ami were anawered by the yaiiit siimidro 



rhor in the h.iihor Kveri thmu in the harbor saluted ttlsn 1-eiultnis 



-mnniarv of proceBdtngs al re* si of the club. Yoms uulv. 



E. A. f'uAsi:. Secretary, 

 Tlni, were twenty loin participants in ihe StlOOting 

 miitelir^. anil the average, of the scores was very good. 

 — K». 



ENGLISH PIGEON 



SHOOTING. 



Scores made by the Hiirlinghai 





England on July 2!llh. 



Opllunal m or £8 Sweepstakes, 



with cup 



value £20 added by the club, 7 



birds each. % 

 Xiimt. 



^yards rl 



ia, 44 subs. 



Birds shot at. hiltid. 



Air. \X. S. sjaltmg 





1111111 7 



Mr. K. Larking.. . 





... 1111111 7 



Mr. J. Thymic. 





1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 



Mr. 1-lalford 





... 1 t i i i i i r 



And forty others. 







Mr. W. . S. Salting list prize cup 



and £35) 



i i t i 1 1 n 1 1 mi 



Mr. ,1. Thymine tUd prize. £15). 





1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ( 



Mr. E. Larking 





1 1 1 1 1 I 1 



Mr. Halford 





11 



The following are the. scores n 





ic Optional Handicap Swe6p- 



stakes at Nottinghill, Rng., shot 



on June 



27th : 



An Optional llandicap Sweeps,: 

 led breach loader; 





birds each, for a double-baiTe!- 

 ulitions, 43 snbs. 



Yards. Name. 





Ihrdx shot at Kilted. 



261- Mr. M. Stovin iC. 1. 





mi.,, iiiiii r> 



87} .Mr. II. LeVi-ttiPow, 





.... iiiiii a 



37* Mr. W. S. Salting if 





p.).. 1 1 1 1 1 l fi 



1, £38. and gWj) 



■vett (3d prize, SID), .."..,'... 1 I) 



lard" Optional £5 or £10 Sweepstakes, nt 8 birds each, 



lip, those missing three to retire: usual conditions, 34 



Mr. Hoc 



Mr. Mm 



And forly-n 



Mons. Brimp 

 Mr. Berkeley 

 Mr. Oharltor 





Mrds shot at. 



lOltat. 



arcempt 





C F.).... 

 , C. V.)... 



1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 

 10 111111 



S 



it-id-era 

 ill additi 





'i% T :!:: 



11111110 

 1111111 



? 



and thcii 



uiiicli in 

 Mr. .Mi 







d cup, by killing 



ught in sue- 



the Jerni 





b loader, 



y E. M. Iteilly & 



Co. 



itiL'lo "o 







ds each, all at 27 



raids, added 



iminiifac 





each; usii 



d conditions, 55 s 



ibs. 



them." 







Birds shot at. 



Kitted. 



I liave 



)ei' n-e i 





.... 111111 





til (level 



nifl. Oh 



llanch'd ' 



p.) 1 I 1 1 I 1 



t> 



for delay. 



in wrin 



lit PI 



... 1 1 1 1 1 1 



B 



eye, a fe 



v days | 



i.'c:'e:r. 



.... 111111 



.. .. 111111 



6 



Now we 

 entcrtaii 



shall ha 



It FIRST V 



mzE. 





bmsin 



i"/'/'l"'i'o 



£200 and 



enp) 111111 





barrel. 





£50) .... 



.-., 111110 









... 110 





load. t i 





—The neAV system of targets at. Wimbledon seems to be 

 quite successful. "After four days of severe I .rial," says 

 the Vol a nteer Service Gazette, "so far as can he judged, the 

 new targets and the new marking work very satisfactorily, 

 and are very popular." 



— A competition of a novel charaefevlook place in Eng- 

 land lately, running and ri tic shooting combined. Volun- 

 teers fully equipped in regimentals, with Snider rifle and 

 sixty rounds of ball cartridge, had to run 800 yards, re- 

 turning to a 400 yard riiitig.and in any position to fire three 

 Khots at a secopd-class target, the limit of the time in run- 

 ning and shooting to be 3 min. 30 sec. First prize, was 

 won by Lieutenant. Halland with a score of seven, one 

 centre and two outers. Time — 3-23 



TtlE Henry Rifle. — '■ We arc in receipt of (he follow ing 

 letter from Mr, A. Ilenrv. the well known manufac- 

 turer of rifles in Scotland*— 



I'iiimii -ui;. Scotland, July tith, IK7-I. 

 Kmioii Fores'! ami s-i re oi 



The I''iikk-'I ami Sree.sv, ,,r t.1Hl June has hi en forward. 'd to me by 

 a rr:.-.,d in America, wboal the same tim.- calls my attention m the fir 



may c 



1 lie diagi 







%T 





pubi 



i '," 



lib any 



remarks you 

 not ilileiideil 



for pn 



,1a- ,li,,l.. 



1 am 





your o 



ii ,h, 





anl. 



All 



S Hi. Mil. 



En 



ilosed ii 



Mr, 



lie 



fry's 



lell. 



r u a 



s a 





mi of ten 



shots 



lircd 



Vce 



)|>V 



from 



the 



caul 





Tali! i 



if ten shots 



fired 



from a 



'll-t 



IV 



i.-irrcl 



' N 



i. 98 



al 



he U 



ryol Smtill 



Arms 



Faclorx 



. Bnl 



eld 



."nil ( 



ll 'ill 



er 180 



9. " 



Circle 



four inches 



diameter, (the 



dra 



l 'MIL. 







itfhtl 



act 



ml M/ 



e). Range 



500 i 

 Lena 



aids, 11 



'Ml 



li.'l 





initi 



)!1, B 



of 



Ills. 



bore 

 id < 

 Hen 



lorli-live. 



IWeti 



y Powder, 



'.v'i'i'.' 



Hi,- gi 





! fi 





II;, 



■vcy 

 mac 



No. 



C; B 



lest 



all, II, nil". 



elevation, 



eter 30.21. 





















Mean 









0.17 



1., o 



• ~i in 



ihes 







A . 







wo 



nehes 



is it 



idced 



vei 



V fen 



arkalile; of 



cours 



e we are 



to U 



tde 



siantl 



that the s 



hots 



madi 



wore on- 



secut 



ve ones 



Tl 



eS 



iringl 



eld gun it 



mus 



t- be r 



■l.lcniln'lcd 



was I 



red froi 



i the 



shouhler 



with 



a res 



t from the 



muzzle of 



Ihe barrel, while the Henry rifle was fired from a mechani- 

 cal rest, or as we designate it here, from a fixed resl Tin- 

 Henry gun may have been laid with the telescopic Sights. 

 The Springfield was fired with the common open military 

 sight, and the targets printed by us were made in the regu- 

 lar course of experimental firing. Of course we by no 

 means desire to disparage the flue shooting of the Henry 

 rifle, but beg to state that the Springfield arm is a military 

 arm /../;•,// *iiapl.<\ and was tried in a military manner. In 

 our ordnance memoranda XV. Page 372, we find the fol- 

 lowing:- 



"Of ihc foreign arms fired for comparison, Ihe .Martin 

 ilenrv Kngli-li) wasthc onlv one whose sustained practice at 

 500 yards save anv pretentions to further trials, at longer 

 ranges, lis accuracy al the various ranges is as follows;— 

 For 500 i aids mean deviation u 9 8Q0 yards mean devia- 

 tion 30 1 two misses ton target: 1,000 yards mean devia 

 lion 33 ;, five misses to a targe." M, an deviation of tl„- 

 Spriii"lielil (see I-iikkst ami Stiii-.am of June LSI In 82.0 

 barrel, (j.lo, at 500 yards, &2 barrel H.Otf. 



PAPER SHELLS VS. MET ALLIC SHELLS. 



Eihtor Forest ami Stukaju— 



A disenssion has been going on of late as to the respective merit- (if 

 pa|ier and metal shells in lueeeh loading shot, f,'iins. In behalf of ihe lat- 

 ter, I have seen it slated that they shoot stronger than the former, besides 

 being equally safe. 



Nov.- I am neither a manufacturer of paper shells, nor the Son of a 

 manufacturer. Simply a sportsman, interested in securing the best am 

 munition; that willed will give the best results with the greatest, safety 

 I wish to state what 1 knoiv by experience, and what I have arrived at 



Pin 



shale: 



111 



and as exhaust ive experiments in this way as any man in the eouu- 

 rubably, will boar me out ui this assertion, 1 think, 

 mid, for safety. If ft paper shell explodes, it. does so with the 

 essness of a tire-cracker. 1 have seen Ihe experiment tried Of ex- 



■siilt. The sli.it barely rolled out of the shell-not ofi the t.-ible. 



rt, wish to till my pockets, when my shells 

 not with -niulinu' brass and tinklina'car- 

 y. that anmineni is very poor indeed, where, 

 /e inexpeusiveness of the best paper shells 

 •ray the axiom that, nothing is eeoi lieal 



ass shell, 

 xiiserl of 



iv i ru Both Bm Ockx. 

 ir clever i orrespondeiii 

 What he states hag j,, s 



[We pay particular attcni 

 "who shoots with both eyes 

 weight. The writer of the 

 being a sportsman, as a lite 

 Perhaps the same objections f< 

 loaded with shed., w T ould hold - 

 This same subject was dissected 



the .Fir-iil. We believe, however, metallic shells can be 

 so constructed as to render premature, discharges almost 

 impossible. — En. J 



■d-leitr has .listing!, 

 is found with me 

 with metallic 

 ( Jbnii, some time agi 



hells 



