FOREST AND STREAM. 



23 



who are not accustomed to the nse of the gnu, or if they he, are too reek- 

 lees to think of the effects of n careless shot. Sportsmen Me more care- 

 ful, because they know the extreme danger Who ever hciird of a sports- 

 man aiming a gun at another when it was supposed to lie empty. or snap- 

 ping a cap npou the lube for the purpose of having a lililefun? Tet 



scores have been killed by this extremely foolhardy act, boye ' ':• 



being the offenders. Another way in whfthflccidoilte J «l Sauy ■ ■■ BUI 

 is as follow-: A couple o~ youngsters «tai ,,1,1 in. ., tie- v-,,, ds, CUM bear- 

 carries the gun wishes lo be ready tor any game that may appear, and 

 consequently raises "in- or nnue iutaunere trf the gnu. as the ease may be. 

 :!:..! ,.. ,-. Inn -. l ' : - el in the underbrush, both boys give chase. 



each striving to get. ahead, when rnddenlythB trigger comes in contact 

 (I ,1 r limb and Is dllst targi d, too often with fatal etfeets. An instance 



cami rnidermj bbsa ati - ten years ago, where a young man »f eight- 



. ■■■!■ oi '" l iii; loadi d n gun fur it younger lad and put in a lerriblc charge, 

 - r i ■ r I i ..ill kick." Tin- result was thai, when the boy fnvd the fUI it 

 burst, and mutilated his hand for life, and came within a fraction of kill- 

 ing him outright. Many more instances might, be quoted, but f think 

 this is sufficient to prove that nothing is so duugerons as a gun in the 

 hands of a reckless boy. Yours truly. Fred. 



This advice is timely.— En. 



THE CHICAGO PIGEON TOURNAMENT. 



Branch Office of Forest A^n. Stream, / 

 Chicago, August, 1874. f 



Perhaps iti the long history of pigeon shooting no lournry 

 whs tnaked with greater success than the one held hist week 

 at Dexter Park, Chicago. The shooting was on a par with 

 the general excellence of the arrangements, and the mana- 

 gers, S. H . Tnrrill and Abner Price were complimented 

 ou all sidits. The cash prize system seems also to have 

 been a successful feature, as bcttiny was almost strictly 

 tabooed. The weather on the whole was favorable for 

 tiie shooters, and the birds were good, strong fast flyers. 

 All the shooting was H. and T. plunge traps, 21 yards, 

 for single, and 18 yards for double birds. Ties to be shot 

 off according to rules, at 26 and 31 yards rise. The regu- 

 lation charge of shot was 14; ounces, measured by Dixon 

 measure, No. 1106 or 1107. Charge of powder unlimited. 

 The referee, at the request, of any person engaged in the 

 match, might examine the charge of any person challenged. 

 Should it contain more than 1| ounce of shot, as above de- 

 fined, the shooter to forfeit all his rights in the match. 



The class shooting commenced on August 11th, ten sin- 

 gle rises. Mr. Dow and Mr. Price acted as judges ; Mr. 

 Moore scored killed and missed ; Mr. Stagg looked after the 

 lads at I ending to the traps ; Mr. Eggleston, finance commit- 

 tee ; Mr. Clark, examiner of shells, and Mr. Farnsworth was 

 Ihc referee. 



FIRST DAY, TOliSllAV. AtiOUST Urn. FIRST SQ,tTAD. 



Total. 



FIRST 



SOIIAll, 





Xaine. .slraUthl. 



iCurne, StraniM. 



Total,.] second squad. 





....10 



10 H HK. Ciuuaman. 



... 5 



M Johnlltban... 



.... •?, 



IT. J. Uiggius.... 



...8 



John Marshall, . 





rsi Hieslaw 



... 



J ,1 Hall 



.... 5 



5iJ F Welsh 



.. 3 





....10 



10 L Heisler 





JohnMclntire.. 





5 GW Baldwin 



. . li 



.i Bognrt 





7 E Bates 



... 8 



f) Wilson « 



,... 1 



8| Isaac Reeves 



... !l 





i) sue aii 



FOUHTlf SQUAD 





. ..10 



10 



John Davidson... 



...10 



\V T Johnson. 



.... 10 



10 



C CreighUm 





T W Wilmarth. 



.... li 



8 



\\ Doxev 



... «• 



I) T Elslon. ... 



. .. s 





J W Phillips 



... 3 



TJ South 





8 



H J Edwards.... 



...10 



11 N Sherman.. 





S 



Abner Price 





T Beatford 



..., 4 





WH Calvert 





John Steel 



5 



(i 



W B Wilcox. ,,. 

















.. . 4 



6 



H W Baldwin.... 





•iota A Mabel. . 



....8 





HE Phillips. ... 



... 4 



R W 1'hillips.... 



, ...111 



10, AM Hoffman 





John McCormiok 



.... 10 



Ullw B Ireland 



. . 



SIXTH 



SQUA1J. 



SEVENTH 



SQUAD 





viyhl. 



Total. 1 Sir 



w;/ht. 



.1 KPXmvel. . 





U L J Simmouds. . . 



... 3 



G Predniore.... 



.... 3 



81 G Moran. 



... 2 



CiH Douglas... 





8IHC Hamilton.... 





Jacob Straver.. 



.... 3 



li|G Stenton 





James Andersoi 





6 s H Turrill 



9|Ed Price 





KB Morgan.... 



o 



s 



Leon Horn.. .. 



.... 5 



lliChurles Morris... 





N c Hiusdill .. 



.... 8 



fl|FJ Abbey 



,,10 



EIGHTH 



SQUAD. 



NINTH 



JrjOAB. 



.TG Cum. Jr... 



.... 8 



9 



C Felton 



. . . 10 



EH Oilman.... 



..,.4 





AS Walterv 





(1 Hawkins.... 



....10 



10 



A B Wade 





H Silsbv 



...8 



8 



JH Long 





F W Bennett... 



.... 3 





JSLong 





G C Sherman. 



.... 4 





V Voisinct 





GC Tallmau... 



.... 9 



9 



DASanfortb 





(4 K Phcatt.. . 



. . . 6 



9 



J Farusworth.... 



... 9 



TEXT! 



SQUAD. 





TIES OF 10 EACH 





Doe Eggleston. 



....4 



8 



John Davidson... 





Daniel Bales. ... 



.... 3 





C Felton 



.. 5 



J Knnls... 

 s P Hopkb 



3 



.. _n ties killing ten straight birds. John Davids* 

 ('. Felton divided the S riot-ash ia'i/.e, liming curb killed all three li- 

 eu and 31 vards. 



Ties of nine-Twentv-threc ties of nine birds each. John E. L< 

 [i. r.oit. killing all hi- bin'.- ill vS and Ml vards. iv:s awarded I lie - 

 prize of SlO'l cash 



Ties i, f eight- fifteen lies of eight birds each, T. .1 . Son lb, kill 

 Lis biids at' -JO and 81 vards, was awarded the third pri. .,■.,;' s,:> ,-ash 



T;,,, of . -even— Fifteen Lie- of seven birds each. Mr. V\ ileox. ; 

 h ard battle with D. Bates and J. H. Long, succeeded in gatah 

 fourth prize of $50 cash. 



3 of six birds each. Thomas Stagg won tin 



pr 



of $15 



12th. class shooting — 10 s: 



PIR 



T. SQUAD. 







NO SQUAD 





■Sly .J h !i,t- 



Total. 



.■;;,,, ,,//,/ 





10 



10 J Jonathan... 



10 



E Hudson.... 



10 



10 J C Phillips 



10 



Abner Price. 



...10 



10.J JKleinman. 





G H Douglas . 



Si 



9|H H Kleiinna 





L G Moran... 





9.1 J Hall 





N Doxe.v 



4 



8 



Dr Egleston.. 



4 



Ed Price 



6 



8 



\V Chittenden 





T J South. ... 



4 



B 



C K Pheatt . . . 



3 



Total 





72 



Total 







•Ml SIJUAD. 



Geo C Hill... 





NE Gardner. 



li 



!(|V Vaisinet... 





J A Ruble. . . . 





'.till Allaulorili. 





W B Ireland. 





u 





W B Wilcox. 





s; Total 





,1 F Welch... 





7 







<TfL SQUAD. 



J.-U/1 



H SQUAD 





.stivkjhi. 



Tw,i,', 



■■Hi; fit/lit 



H Hawkins . 



10 



111 WT Johnson 



10 



J E Long 



10 



10 J Davidson . . . 



10 



EODow 



s 



UDTENton . 



. . '.! 



T.I Higgles.. 



9 



tl.H Silsbv .... 





... 



t 



S|G H Marsh... 





F J Abbey... 





8 W U e..|.,..-i 





Jas Nerval . . . 



4 



7|EN Shot).... 





SHTurnU... 



. " 



7 



Alex Pierce.. 



'.' 



J Glenn, Jr 



'ram Stag . 



G W Baldwin... . 



LHorn.. 



Joe Reeves 



J McCornneh 



Total 



In II J Edwards. 

 I 11 I 



s F W Eenaet 7 



7|II N Sheniiat'i 11 



5|\VF Milligan. . .. 3 



„; 



Total.. 



Ill 



.IJltAt), 



Jas Bedrgc 8 



Jno Steel 4 



G c Sherman 5 



T Bestford 3 



A M Hoffman 1 



II A Hitchcock 8 6| 



Ties of ten— Five birds each at iwet 



were eleven ties of ten birds each 



killed all his birds at both rises. 



cash. 

 Ties of nine— There were seyentei 



Horn, of Detroit, killed all Ida birds atbolh rises and received the second 



prize of $10il cash- 

 Ties of eight, seven and six— There weTe fourteen ties of eight birds 



each. W. B. Wilcox, of Chicago, won the I bird prize of $75, II. W. 



Colven, o.'Beloit. Wis., won the roiirlhand \V. F. Milligan. 01 ' ilicago 



thellfth. 



8|0 H Fell.on i 



• I in ler 3 



HO, A Eastuum .., , S 

 7 Jessie Allen 3 



Total 90 



y-sixaiid thirty-one yards. There 

 James Moore, of Toledo, having 

 as awarded the first prize of $2011 



ties of nine turds each. W. L. 



THURSDAY. AUGUST 13TI 



S shoot 



Hi— 111 S 





ST Siif.ltl, 





■sit „;,,/,/ 



Ab Price ... 



.. . 9 



H H Kbunma 



l. . 3 



L Moran 



6 





8 



J J Kleinmon 





Joe Peeves - - - 





E Hudson.... 





J J Hall 



4 



Total 









WF Johnson. 





FJ Abbey... 



4 



TJHiggius.. 



11 



C C Tallman. 



3 



W Brice 



3 



J Glenn, Jr 



HE Sherman,, 



t; W Baldwin.. 

 G C Sherman . . . 



LHorn , , 



JFWhiling.... 



Total 



SEVEN 



T Stagg 



Alex Price 



Geo Hill 



FLJudd 



E Ba.es 



SH Tnrrill 







S'D SQUAD 



'. 





.st i mnh t. 



a 



TJ south. . . . 



10 



11 



DT Bl'aimi. . 



to 



9 



.1 Davidson 





9 EPrice 





9 W B Ireland. 





s 



N Doxey 







T J Welch..' 





7 

 >■< 



.lessee Alli-li. 

 Total. ,, 



.' 











W B Wilcox. 





s 



.IE Long .... 



n 



)■ 



G Predinore 





li 



GG flosio.,1 





li G Waddimdoi 



4 



li'M F Gardner. 





lil.TJ Gillespie 





S'W H Calvert. 



>'■ 



rS| Total 





1 SIX 



I'll SQUAD. 



ll'.f ARubel..,. 



, . . J" 



9 W C.iittendeu 





UEH Gillman. 





H GKPheatc. 





s|RWPbilhps. 





lilM Bostawn... 





.llFWBeuueu. 





• 



IWFMilligan. 



,11 



ten— Five birds each at twenty-Six and thirty-one yards. 

 efourtiesoftenhirdseac.il. Elstou killed all his birds but 



s of nine birds each. I,. Moran, 



won the third 

 ize, cash $10. 



H N Shcrmaiv. . 

 J J Kleiniuann . 

 WT Johnson... 



WB Wilcox 



Lou Horn 



DT Elston 



G W Baldwin.. 



HJ Edwards... 



Ties of Ninetei 



1.VJ E Hudson 



191 John Rube! 



ISiAbner Price 



L8S It Tntril] 



14'H 11 Kl.-iumanii 



IS'-LYi Price 



13|John Daf idson. 



o Mr. Tnrrill and Price 

 s ;and courtesi 



All ■ 



sod.' 



' be""r,! 



nd. M 



their lav. 



c corps 



home J 



jerfectly 



In the above Bboots the. entrance fees will be $10, pnrsea to fill, and 

 Cnplain A. H. Bogardus. Abe. Kleuunan, Ira Paine, E. I. Tinker. J. 

 Wind, and Mr. Close, of Pontiac, Mich., are excluded. 



Fourth dav. September lii.b— parse $1,000—20 single birds each— free 

 for alp- 

 First Prixe S400 



SetJOnd Prize 300 



Third Prize 150 



Fourth Prize 100 



Firth Prize 30 



The entrance fees in this shoot will be five per cent.— purse to fill. 

 No betting will be allowed ou the grounds. Shooting each day lo be- 

 gin at. 10 A. ST. 



Entries may be made previously with the officers of the Niagara Falls 

 Shooting Club, as follows:— S. T .Murray, President, Will, Pool, Secrc 

 ti.rv. J. M. Witmer, Chairman of the Board of Direction, or on Hie 

 l-i iinioi- i:]i to. -In- tin,,, shooting commences, for each poise. Brother 

 sportsmen abroad who desire further information should address ST 

 Murray. President N. F. S. Club. 



ed and wed 



The Niagara Falls Piokon Tournament. — The fol- 

 lowing is the programme of the tournament given nesl, 

 month under the auspices of the "Niagara Falls Shooting 

 Cmh," on the week at which the National Convention holds 

 its meeting. Two thousand pigeons have been ordered, 

 and if these do not suffice, the boys will send for more. 

 The members of the club seem to be unanimous in the pur- 

 pose to give every one a good tinie at the lowest possible 

 expense, and we think we can safely promise it for all ex- 

 cept the pigeons. There is a $1,000 money prize. 



The shooting will be conducted according to the rules of 

 the N. Y. State Sportsmen's Association, except in the 

 matter of miss-fire, where the gun has been properly loaded, 

 the shooter has another bird, and the charge of shot is lim- 

 ited to 1J ounces. The programme as arranged is as fol- 

 lows : — 



First dav, September 9th, for a purse of $400- 10 single birds each:— 

 First Prize. .. . 816H 



^tir.'itvw.'i H^ Correspondent^. 



H . \\ l\ Boston. —No more of Roosevelt's ■•Superior Fishing." 



P/rt. G. L. H., Hartford. Conn.— Mr. Raymond has no Laverack pn|m 

 for sale at present. 



E, M., Boston.— Thanks for your coiiiptunenf. and alhi.i... ;,. • 

 journal and pledges of co-operation. 



SuiisntiBEi'..— The rifle range at "CfeednwiOr" is a broad meadow or 

 moor, so named from the farmer, a Mr. Creed, who formerly owned it. 



Qpkhist.- Is there good fishing at. Greenwood Lake, Monroe county? 

 Ana. Yes; but, we cannot tell how abundant the fish are. 



H. L. M.— Will yon please tell me where I can get, and what, is the 

 price oi, Rnxfon's '■Lire in the Far West?" Ans. Harper* Bros., 

 printed in 1854 : possibly out of print. Price. $1 , "5. 



PiacATAiiUA .—Where is the best, place I o go in the country for quail 



Second Prize 



100 



Third Prize •••'... 



io 



Fourth Prize 



50 



Fifth Prize 



•Jo 



?cond day, September llltb. pur 



c gBOl)— 10 single birds each — 



First Prize 



Slin 



Second Prize 



125 



Third Prize 





r nth, purse $600— loOsiuj/le birds each:— 



•. ill s 



Ish to 



, whether you prefer the West, we will gladly give t 

 n. Readiest. Pa. -Where can I get Peabody'" metallic nra Are car- 

 s, No, .15? If that size is suitable for my gnu. I will want 200 or300? 



John P. Moore's Sons. 300 Broadway, N. Y. 

 An.. Haute Falls.— Can Spratt's dog biscuits he obtained in New 

 ; if so. where, and at what price? Ans. John finder, Philadel- 



iviru i- the most killing charge for a28-lneh bora, breech loader! 

 ehms powder and H oz. shot. 



P. W. -Which is the best, place on the East River Tor biackfisll. 

 flounders. &c. ; during the months of August and September, and 

 i months are best for the kinds named? r\ns. See Fish Column 



J A. 

 Spanish 



half an i 



, Midi.— C 

 and the prk 



Mr. Inger. 



ioll, 



.. Hashing Ridge. N. J.— A party of ten wishes to ink 

 ;. ten days or so. hnut aild fish, Ac. Where shall we 

 les from New York? How is northeastern Pennayrra 

 and fish? Ans, See reply to L. E. Ted in this c'olnj 



tbi- 



-Plei 



iul'on 



8 of the best, flea cxternnua 

 ving tried carbolic acid soap, 

 on might try the remedy we 

 tin. or else the P( 



wet 

 powder, which last WoW in v, ith a rubber injector. 



Xokthebn Pacific. -Can yon inform me of the method adopted by 

 your marketmen to transport small game from the West; f mean prairie 

 fowls and the like? Ans. Perhaps the best, method is to pack your 

 birds in a box filled with ice, and then place this box in a large one tilled 

 with saudnst. 



J. N. R., Philadelphia.— A party ol ten are going to camp ont, and 

 would prefer going to Monroe or Pike counties in Pennsylvania? What 

 portion of either would be the best? Ana. West brook Tavern. Bloom- 

 inggrove. Pike county, Pa. 2d. What time would be the best for all 



ind of 



nd? 



Ku 



fowl later on. -Ith. Would a guide 

 procured* and what would be charge 



■, bear, and 



few 



wild 

 ebe 



:• t.w 



ffectnal preventive of sea sick- 

 ledy in our scrap book for some 

 being afflicted with sea-sickness 

 Iticacy: 1. While sitting avoid 

 ited so that the roll of the ship 

 ird. but from side to side 3d 



ickn 



do not, lis 

 leals regu- 



deed: good bunting ground on 

 panv, i-c. Col. Picket keeps 

 Berwick I urnpike leading to S 



York or Philadelphia 



A 



in that region stand a fair 



nd the Loyalsock, Malum- 

 at Long Pond, on the old 

 , and through to Dushane, 

 Railroad. Long Pond is 

 asiest reached from New 

 - Railroad to Mahoopany 



ould be the best trapping 

 H-S Is mere any steamship 

 from Cleveland? any In- 



Posts, on North Shore of 

 • an immense extent of 

 nerative. The most sne- 

 1 Fori, William, Red Rock 

 i is that it would not pay 

 employes of the Hudson's 

 per, but you can be better 



to Robt. Crawford. Red 

 hore of Ueorglan Bay, is 

 rs conuect with Cleveland 

 ,s not troublesome, 

 entre-board boat or yacht, 

 y-eight foot yacht. 

 .50. Your best plan 

 u advertised at very 



r $10(1. Would a Barn 



etx-nds upon what use you expect to place it lo. 



i a different affair from 



liltv 



are. 



For full dei 



ragnla 



bauds •>( aninexper 

 of long reputation a 



