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FOREST AND STREAM. 



that, the improved pointer, as painted by Reinagle, the 

 Royal Academician, was a very , excellent animal. There 

 were these following breeds:— The Black Pointer, bred 

 largely by the fattest man ever seen, Daniel Lambert, of 

 Leicester; the Liver and Whites of Mr. Edge's breed; the. 

 Dark Liver dogs; the Flecked and Speckled; and the Pure 

 White with Liver Heads, toward which last excellent, 

 marking all the best blood has a tendency to "throwback," 

 let, the color be what it may. That, the now popular Orange 

 and Whites existed, there ,is no doubt, but, they were con- 

 fiued to a few aristocratic kenuels, notably. I believe, fjord 

 Srfton's, the Marquis of Bath, Ac. A capital pointer 

 could always be purchased somewhere in the, neighborhood 

 of a ten pound note, and one of our largest London dealers 

 would supply a brace for what would now be the price of 

 one. Aud even young sportsmen, not out of. their teens, 

 knew in those days how to use a dog, which now not one 

 man in forty knows. 



The man of inferior rank— as »a sportsman, 1 mean— he 

 who could never get the mystery ;of the setting dug into his 

 head, used a spaniel, or possibly a brace of them, and gen- 

 erally made quite as good a bag as the man who walked 

 after pointers. The "pot-hunter" crept up to cornstalks, 

 BUeaJsfefl behind hedges, and was not particular about boun- 

 daries Preserve Die from companionship with such a 

 man. He was as liable to shoot you as to shoot a bird. 

 Most, pot-hunters would take the chance of shooting a com- 

 panion rather than miss a, head of game. The pot-hunting 

 man, it be had a dog— he generally grudged the quadruped 

 l,is food, and so, either kept none, or, when be could, bor- 

 rowed one— well, if he bad a dog, it was a case of "like 

 master like man." It was a slinking cur at best. Bal- 

 eared, wheel-backed, flat-sided, squint-eyed, snipe-nosed, 

 bandv-leuged, with a tea-pot tail and a woolly coat— a night- 

 mure' sort' of a dog— the sort of griffin that, you see rearing 

 up on the side of a Peer's coat of .arms, trying to lick the 

 family crest, or to eat out of the coronet— and the animal 

 had ah the sneaking propensities of a thorough cur— such a 

 l,. s as midit be exhibited for his ugliness, like the collier's 

 Child. [Philadelphians call these curs 'board-yard dogs.' En j 

 You don't know the story? Well, I'll tell it, to you: 

 You must: know that in the potteries they had been giving 

 fheir minds to shows of all kinds— dog shows, poultry 

 shows, barmaid shows, and now r there was to be a baby show. 

 with a prize for ugliness as well as beauty. A pitman had 

 a son born with a hare lip and a club foot, a hump on his 

 back, and several other vagaries of nature. The kind- 

 hearted "niedicus" had endeavored to comfort the fattier, 

 who, he supposed must be distressed at the extraordinary 

 animal with assurances that it could all be "put right" very 

 easily, when the father, taking his pipe from his mouth, in- 

 terrupted the conversation by saying: "Put what right? 

 Is he good enough to win at the Baby show? If hew, I 



won't, have 'um touched !" 



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—Our correspondent "Ajax," expects soon some highly 

 bred red Irish stock from England, viz. : a red bitch, very 

 handsome and fast, has been hunted through two seasons 

 every day. She is a descendant of the celebrated Colonel 

 Hutchinson's "Bob," and her two pups five months old, by 

 "Idstone's" "Shamrock." This latter dog, "Idst.one" says, 

 is the handsomest dog in England and one of the fastest, 

 and that his nose is cqu«l to any. 



—The celebrated red and white [rishtsetter bitch Brosna, 

 from the kennel of Mr. Macdona, was received by 

 "Mohawk" by the steamer Nevada last week. She is a re- 

 markable handsome bitch and arrived in good order. She 

 is in whelp to the great Ranger the most wonderful dog of 

 his day, and will whelp early in September. At last, we 

 are going to have the progeny of this extraordinary dog. 

 Brosna is from a line of ancestry as pure as any in the 

 world, so the whelps ought to be something extraordinary. 

 By the same vessel he also received three other very valu- 

 able dogs, viz. : a magnificent, liver aud white pointer dog, 

 a pointer 'whelp aud a young setter bitch by Ranger, out of 

 Mr. Garth's field trial winner Bess, all three of which are 

 offered for sale in another column. 



—We understand that .Tohn TCrider, of Philadelphia, has 

 imported some "Spratt's Patent. Dog Biscuits," and has 

 them for sale. We should like some practical report on 

 these biscuits, and whether they will stand this climate. 



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FOX HUNTING. 



Editob Forest abb Stre.oi;— , ■ u i i 



Fox hunting, on a proper scale, requires In be coiiducn-rl with Hie. class 

 of active horses termed hunters. A pack oi i„o. j"™"™ M Bcetit ma rttH 

 down the prey, and terriers to turn the animal from his hole, s "■" 

 take the earth . A pack of hounds vanes from I « ajty to < hirty 

 Some houuds are always left, undrafted into the neld. 1 he hunt 



!,: - ,„. !■■ h . '■! • ■" ■:-■ • ■ " •-' ' ' - ■ "" " : '" ! "'" '•' 



WO whippers-in, who bring up and take charge of the. hounds. 



The fox is an early riser, and hi" seen, heme hes n„ r.be dump -ra.s. 

 he is hooted early in the morning. The first business on taking I he held 

 19 to riSe to and draw cover- that. is, bring out the fox Iron) i his veiivat. 

 At first sight the view hallo is given by the huntsman and all follow < he 



sweeping track of the hounds. It is a rule in hunting never to £ 



the dogs, or to throw them out in any way by a false signal, I he run s 

 considered the exhilarating part, of the spoil, and consists ot a rap.d 

 chase through a broken or rough country with the bounds m.fi.ll cry. 

 Then is the ardor of the chase shown, and it continues until the to , ft 

 some clever manoeuvre, such as tracking up a brook, throws the bounds 

 off the scent, and the party is brought to check. The scent and 

 track of the animal being again found, olf all go once more. - i (vhe 

 the hounds bend towards the forte brake, mind the old hound: now he 

 dashes over the furze! Hark I They hallo! Ah! there he goes! lit a 

 nearly over with him. Had the hounds caught view he must have died. 

 He will hardly reach the cover. What a crash! Every bound is in, aud 

 .very hound is moving to him. That was a quick turn. Again, another! 

 He ia pui mhLs last sh ft. Now Mischief is at tus heels, and Dealh is 

 not far off Ha! they stop all at once; all silent, aud yot no earth is 

 open Now they are at Wnvagain! Did you hear that hound catch llhnj 



They overran the scent. Now. Reynard, look to yourself. Iloiv quick 

 they all give their tongues. How close Vengeance pursues! now terri- 

 bly she presses! It is just up with him! What a crash they make! the 

 whole wood resounds! They turn very short. Then! Now- aye. now 

 they have him! Who-oopI the chase is over. Reynard is no more, and 

 his brush or tail being cut off as a trophy by the huntsman' bis unfortu- 

 nate carcass is thrown to the hounds, and in a few moments destroyed, 

 leaving scarcely a wreck behind. 1. 1. Mvcauley 



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GAME IN SEASON FOR A.UGUST. . 



— Bay birds and water fowl are on Might now, ana" the 

 gunner who goes for them scientifically, is pretty sure to 

 be rewarded. A letter from Barnegat, signed "A Brick." 

 informs us that thousands of snipe and willets are seen 

 daily, and the sportsmen bring in dozens each day. ' Our 

 advices from Cape May are equally favorable. A fair show 

 of birds also at C'anarsie Bay, 



—Our letters, without exception, mention the unusual 

 abundance of quail this season. In the vicinity of Niagara 

 Palls, among other places, they are much more plentiful 

 than they have been for years. 



— We have a few woodcock notes this week. A letter 

 dated at. Hartford August 16, 1874, from our correspondent ) 

 F. B., says: Mr, C. M. Spencer (of Spencer rifle fame, 

 has been spendinga few days at Amhurst, Mass., where be 

 reports woodcock rather scarce. He and J. Crosier shot 

 fourteen one day, and bagged some, thirty altogether. The 

 birds were in very good condition, as I can testify, having 

 had eight sent, me by express. 



—A letter from Birmingham, Mich., of August 1, says: 

 "Pointers are jMt now absorbing onr attention, as woodcock is a del- 

 icacy. Yesterday doorce Toms, and ,f. O. Heal lie brought in 22; Jack 

 Baldwin and your humble servant, 1— please keep that No. 1 in a whis- 

 per. Some, of these days will send you a better report t have a pointer 

 pup six months old Augnst 6th. She starts birds perfectly. There are 

 three more of the same litter in this county. Some of yon' readers may 

 want one. J. Allen Bicelott. 



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Boston, August 12th, 1874. 

 Editok Forest and Stream:- 



Noticing in your last number an article from a correspondent in Salem, 

 )[a<s„ about the scarcity of woodcock. I thought I would SftJ a few words 

 about them, as 1 have recently returned from a month's recreation with 

 gun and rod. I left the city the first of July for the i ounttj . cef&y to be- 

 gin shooting on the 4th. I'waa anticipating a good. time, is wnicfcl-waa 

 not disappointed. There w ere four of US and two doge W< separated 



home. 



some two hour,- la 



or with ten nee,' mating nl 





i all. I think that. 



nasagoodmornii 



g's work. II commenced 1 



rain in 



the afternoon, and 



continued for the 



text three days. We did r 



ol get i 



lany more birds of 



any account for t.l 



e next week : in fact we c 



ould no 



find them. But 



about the 15th we 



commenced to find them t 



lore pic 



itv than we had at. 



any time, it was 



not, much work to bag from 



eight n 



ten in a morning. 



Partridges were 



very plenty, but rather late. 





jund them the last 



ortliemoi.lU, jUBt 



out of the shell. We shot < 





g doss most of the 

 3 old. I think he 



and pointed them 



that there is in thi 



s State, Touts very truly. 





W £- P. 



— Black bears of very large size have been unusually 

 abundant, all summer long in Nova Scotia and New Bruns- 

 wick, a great many having been killed, weighing 450 

 pounds and upwards. The Indians are hunting them for 

 their skins which they send to the New York market, where 

 excellent prices are obtained. While there was no 

 legal prohibition against killing moose, the bears were not 

 much molested, but since "moose he not run now, me kill 

 'em bear." Just so. 



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—The New England Farmer, in referring to the wild 

 turkey, intimates that they are almost entirely confined lo 

 the region beyond the Mississippi, Texas, &c. This is a 

 mistake. Considerable numbers are lo be found in the 

 northwestern counties of Pennsylvania, also in Maryland, 

 Virginia, West Virginia and in a majority of the States, in- 

 deed, east of the Mississippi. 



—The Seventh Regiment, Col. Clark commanding, pro- 

 ceeded to Creedmoor on Thursday, August loth, for rifle 

 practice. The numerical strength of thoiegiment amounted 

 to 380 of ten companies. The range was in almost perfect, 

 condition, as there was very little wind stirring. The fol- 

 lowing table indicates the number firing at both distances 

 by companies: — 



200 vards 12 40 48 HI 23 35 18 3S 68 38 41-380 



500 "yards,'. '.'....'.... .. . 6 10 13 14 it HI 9 \2 25 1118—143 



The following is a list of the best scores at 200 and 500 yards range, 

 the highest possible score being forty pornta:— 











_^ 



^4 



t-^ 





Nam 





300 Yards] 



| 



500 Yards. 



1 



::S 





jural Mc.Mil 



an, Co. A 



3 4 2 2 a 



14 



3 a 3 3 4 



IV 



SI 







it. Co. G 



•i i a a a 



13 



:-; 3 1 3 4 



IV 



30 







Co.H 



3 2 3 2 ?, 



13 



a a :; a t 



in 



20 







Co, K 



3 3 3 4 



13 



3 3 i i 3 



IB 



an 







on, Co. C 



a 2 o 3 2 



10 



i i ,: S i 



18 



28 



Pri< 



ate Busby. ( 



•o. B 



4 3 3 2 2 





14 



28 



Pi ■ 



ate Knox, C 



0,0 









., ,; L * ? i 



H 



it, 



ards, Co. G., Private Delafield, Co. K., Corporal Bauchie, 

 Co. G., made23; Private Schwartz, Co. E,, Private Treday. 

 Co. H., Private Coughtry, Co. G., Private Kent, Co. H. 

 made 32; Lieut. Nicoll, Co. H., Private Dunning, Co. K. 

 Privaie Gillet, Co. R\, Private David, Co. H., roado 21; 

 Corporal Updyke, Co. C, Sergt. Lebouteiller, Co H, 

 Capt. Bird, Co. F., Sergt. Dominick, Co. I., Private, Hal 

 stead, Co. H., Private Titus, Co. H., Private Hasbrouck, 

 Co. H., made 20, 



— There was no practice at Creedmoor by the Amateur 

 Rifle Club on Saturday last. On Saturday August, 333, the 

 regular match for the Amateur badge will take place at, 11 

 A. M., and that for the Turf Fi,:h-l and Warm al 3 P. M. 



Montreal Rifi.e Matches. — Small Bore ?;s Ski dk its. — 

 The Montreal Gazette says that the chief contest, in the 

 provincial rifle match, at, Point St. Charles on Friday, whs 

 between the small bore and Snider rifles. The day. t liough 

 clear, was not, very favorable for fine shooting, as a pretty 

 strong wind blew across the line of fire, materially interfer- 

 ing with the aim. Notwithstanding this disadvantage, 

 some good scoring wan done wilh both small bores iun.1 

 Snider's, Capl. Fiillerton, from the United Slates, making 

 thenty-eight points with a small bore, the highest possible 

 number, while several Sniders had scored twenty six points 

 long before the close of the day's firing. 'The other 

 matches, Nos. 9, 10 and 11, were also going on tin ring the 

 day, only one of which, the consolation match, open to all 

 Unsuccessful Snider competitors, was concluded. The 

 following is a list of the prize winners in this match:— 

 First, seconds and third prizes, of $20, $15, $10, were won 

 bv Ensign Adam. Thirteenth Battalion; Ensign Goodhue, 

 Fifth Battalion, and Sergt Hobby, M, G. A. /who scored 

 36, 34, and 33, respectively. The five prizes of $5 each 

 were taken by Privaie Sitncoek, G. T. R. ; Gunner Lam- 

 bert, O. G- A. ; Sergt. Smith, Fiftieth Battalion; Private 

 Logie, Seventy-first, and Gunner Morrison, O. G. A., 

 whose respective scores were 33, 32, 31, and 31. The ten 

 prizes of $4 eacn were won by Sergt. Bnillie, R. R. A., 

 Gunner Johnson, O. G. A.'; Quartermaster Cleveland, 

 Fifty-fourth Battalion; Gunner Finleyson, M. G. A. ; Pri- 

 vate Black, G. T. R. ; Capl. Atkinson; Major Avlmer, B. 

 M., (staff ;> Capl, McLanfihlin, T. T. R.; Corp. Larkin, P. 

 W. It., and Sergt Bruce, P. w. R., who scored, reapecs 

 tively, 31, 81, 31, 31, 30, 30, BO, 29, and 39; and the ten 

 prizes of $2 50 each were curried off by Mr. Sirachan, R. 

 R. A.; Lieut. Bullmau. Seventy-ninth 'Battalion: Private, 

 McQuade, P. W. R.-, Bugler Brutel, Three Rivers Battal- 

 ions; J. S. Fursuson, M."R. C. ; Sergt, (lark, M. G. A. 

 Private Thornburn, G. T. A. ; Corp. MeKati, Eighth Bat- 

 talion; Private Ross. M. R. C; Sergt. Blair, G. T. R., 

 whose respective scores were the three first 28 points; the 

 others 27 points. 



We have received a letter from Captain Fulton, men- 

 tioned above, in which he says:— 



"I have taken one first and once second prize at 800 and 

 000 yards, in one match. I made a clear string of seven 

 bulls eyes, aud in another forty-four out of a possible fifty- 

 six, and one ahead for Hie aggregate, Canficld took sec- 

 ond and Oinand third prize in one nuticli at 800 yards. 

 Three of the first four prizes taken by Remington rifles." 



—The Canadian Rifle Matches are 'to take place at, Qt- 

 tawa, Ontario, on Sept. 15th, the prizes aleady amounting 

 to aboul $5,000. 



— The Grand International Schuetzenfest of the Eastern 

 Sharpshooters Association was inaugurated at Baltimere on 

 the 17th by an immense procession of societies from various 

 cities, military, bands of music, &c. The line of march 

 extended several miles. 



We have received through the courtesy of W. R. Hos- 

 kins Esq.., the constitution and by-laws of the Tioga county 

 Sportsmen's Club of Owegn, New York. 



—In the Elcho Challenge ..Shield won by Scotland with a 

 total of 1,437, the Irish team made 1,378. The following 

 are the names of the Irish team and their scores. Ranges, 

 800, 000, aud 1,000 yards. Fifteen shots at, each distance: 

 J. Rigby, 1G4; Capt. Walker, 159; 11. Fulton, 184; W. 

 Rigbv, 177; J. E. Millner, 184; Lord Cloncurry, 165; Hon. 

 R. Plunket, 167; Dr. Hamilton, 178; total, 'l, 378. The 

 highest score was made by Major Radcliffe of the English 

 team— 104. E. Ross of the Scotchmen made 191. The 

 highest possible score to be made in fifteen shots is 205. 



—The Votwteer tltrvite (iagtfte stales " that it lias been 

 shown that penetrable targets are uot, in tine weather at, 

 least, open to the numerous objections which have been 

 made to them." Speaking of what the riflemen thought of 

 the target, it states "that the great majority of the com- 

 petitors will leave Wimbledon with more faith in the 

 dummy and patch, worked in I he open trench under the 

 surveillance of non-commissioned officers, than they ever 

 had in the sinjrle markers in the trench." 



Where Rail Breed.— The breeding grounds of the 

 aora or rail have never been satisfactorily pointed out bv 

 ornithologists, but it is now generally supposed that they 

 rear their young in the far north. Wilson speaks of having 

 seen young rail on the Delaware and Schuylkill meadows, 

 but refersto it as it rate case of their breeding with us. 

 Thirty years ago we met a New Jersey farmer, who re- 

 sided not far from the reeds opposite Bridesburgh, who 

 told us thai he had several times encountered nests of young 

 Jersey' meadows near the marshes,- ', 



?hi LI>-o o : J ,1.,,", ii 



Lu-iHt-mnu Abramii.no. fl 



Corpora! Evans, Co. Ill, 



Sei'treani Srrym-UT, Co. K 



Biker, Co. B. 



Pnvt 



The following gentlemen made the totals herewith ap- 

 pended: — 



Private Edwards, Co. F., Corp. Curlis, 00, F., Corp. 

 Cooper, Co. IX, Private Brasher, Co. II., made 24; Private 

 Gardner, Co. G., Private Bartlett, Co. C, Private Rich- 



CA.RELESSNESS IN HANDLING GUNS. 



ij, , , ,; I v, ,.;,.,, ,-. n stream:— 



How uinnv -.,',' in '. bees i trad U , i-itLl-ssly spoiled, 



aedepotin the memory of many a man, by theearolesa 



handling of gtma? Xotafcw, 1 venture to say. and I presume there ore 



fill l.roiiltboiit the eountry umild testify to tile truthful .1 I \e 



Statement from aaderperience. Those who have been deformed for lite, 

 or who have lost friend- and relations bj their own or aome other's eare- 

 --:,,,.,.. !, ive ;l-! .■!.-.■ I., remember wi -,.,,■. j Smi 

 manner in which it was done. But no matter bm ■ 

 trUlCffl I lan/t tirint; baek lie:- lor:! liinl^- flat] ><■ ■ or t -' it 



,■■ ,i ji ,i 'i, ii. a , re "I '■■ i' aid, il '- verjrain ■ , u m Utk „ 

 cur among true sportsmen . They happen generally among boys and men 



