FOREST AND STREAM. 



43 



unanimity existed in CcSpect to the following officers 

 elected:— F. W. Woodward, E:m Claire, 1st Vice Presi- 

 dent; I,. M. XSy.iU. Fond (iu Lao, 2d Vice I'residenl ; 

 Alyrou T. Bnilev, Madison, Recordine Secretary; A. J. 

 Tinner, Port aire City, Cur. Secretary; W. \Y. Coding, 

 'pri ige City, Treasurer. 



Executive Committee— X. ,T. Aikins, Milwaukee; F. S. 

 Ellis, tureen Bay: H. II. llaivta'ei, Oslikosli; Jas. Ilogan, 

 [,a Crosse; li. II. Strong, Barraboo. 



Tiie call for a meeting of the National Association at 

 Niagara Fails was then read, and the following gentlemen 

 were invited to attend it,:— A. V- II. Carpenter, ;i\fil\vaiikco, 

 tien'l. Pass. Asil, Mil.oiSt.PaulK.lv., 0. AY. .lames, 

 Eau Claire, F. B. Goodell, Montello, W. W. Webb, La, 

 Cjros&e. Win, Young. Milwaukee, R. O. Loomis, Portage 

 Cilv, F. F. Farnhain. Columbus, Henry Hurndon, Madi- 

 son, "Win. 1-, Ullev, Racine. H. K. Sherman, Reloit, A. 

 !.', Barrows, Chippewa Falls, W. D. Merrill, Prairie dti 

 Chien, A. G. S. Holmes, Oieeu Bay, R. G. Paddock, Iron- 

 ton, S. D. Burehard, Reaver Dam. 



After passing a resolution offered by Mr. A. B. Turner, 

 lct'oninicndinir the FoilEST asd Stheaai, of New York, 

 4merican Sporttmm, of West Merideu. Conn., and Field 

 UndSlream, of Chicago, to the Sportsmen of the .West, as 

 worthy of their cordial support, the Association adjourned 

 will! theavowed purpose or makingitan institution' worthy 

 of one of the grand hunting and fishing States of the 



on. 



In this connection let me incidentally mention the facili- 

 ies of the Chic ago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, for the 

 porlsman and the tourist. They can find any amount of 

 ;ame and fisb in season, at almost, any station along its 

 inc, in Wisconsin and Iowa. Goooik 



^hat (§nn mid jjff/fe. 



GAME IN SEASON 'FOR SEPTEMBER. 



Moo-b, ACees ftafcfti; farihou, Teramliu lin„oiO r. 



Kik ijrWsimi, Cemis GanaUensie. Lied J cer, Caii, . Virgimanm 



Rabbits, browil and grey, Snniricls. red black and grey 



Wild Turk.-, i/;' ■..-.;.•' ■" .,. • . • ;, :,,. a .., Virginia 



\\ oodcock. ,-.'. ,'. /„,.r hi, I;, flu. Pnmaicd (ironic-. T.tt.m i »/e./n 



Buffed Groii , 'no ' s. Curlew, .v-,,, « ArquartQ, 



realii Willets. 



Plover, c/itinh h'nhi.-. ijeed or Eice birds, Daiichala/x 



Ei (h'.ir. Mmotinos. ma. 



Uuils, Sailus YirffimaHW. Wild Duck. 



—Our reports from along shore are not very encouraging 

 p sportsmen. Willcts and other bay birds are scarcer than 

 hey were ten days ago. 



—There is good shooting now at Rye Beach, New Hamp- 

 hire, for yellow legs, plover, snipe, etc. 



—Reed birds are likely to be abundant ou the Delaware 

 \i\ct the coming September, as sonic of the energetic 

 portsmen of the vicinity have been employing men to 

 lairol the river in skills and arrest all persons caught shoot- 

 ug these birds before September. 



-The. Hones Poi 

 he finest ducking 



Club, of Cleveland, Ohio, has one of 

 Minds ou Lake Frie, and as the duck- 

 ing season commences on. 1st September, prox., the mem- 

 ber- are on the books lor a grand shoot. The rendezvous 

 is only a hundred miles from Cleveland, and ducks arc re- 

 pined as more plentiful now than for ten years past. If 

 any of our readers would like to accept the hospitalities of 

 the eiub on the 39th hist, they can drop us a line, and we 

 will facilitate their wishes by giving them a letter of intro- 

 duction to the efflcers, who herewith tender them an invi- 

 tation. Our Western sportsmen send us frequent evidence 

 of their liberality in tendering our Eastern sportsmen priv- 

 ileges of this sort, and we owe them handsome acknowl- 

 edgements on our own and our readers' behalf. 



— "Chicken" shooting is now all the rage out West, and 

 the shooters are sending home big bags daily. We have 

 advices from several of our correspondents as to quantity 

 shot, but not sufficiently explicit in designating localities to 

 serve our readers by publishing. As an evidence, however, 

 of what can be done, and to inform our Eastern readers 

 who arc unacquainted with the manner of prairie shoot- 

 ing, we print the following very interesting letter from a 



lyoung man who made his maiden effort at this branch of 



-etport last week. His letter is dated: — 



El.LE PLAIN', Iowa, Viigust l Kb, l-,l. 



Li, it,.;,: ! 

 Oui [..I 

 Small del 

 fill liters. 

 tVNClVi .., 



1 1 v-l 



and as lli 

 [fie place 



u distant'.. 



lie tiniii an.l Bprlay wagon, a single lit; and 

 ■ lent mid camp ouUii, fcljree dogs, and live 



lei 





,. Than"! 



mint" began Sfliug as pffcl 



I balance of the Bight lip, a 

 i'd liicin all onl; bin, the spin 



y work a.sadi 

 id lmd I done 



and I 



« well 



(tin 



the 



a. n 



tg), I H 



i (if llu 



place. 



see held :ie 

 birds, and \ 



S£F£St 







When (lie proper time came we 

 !(1] Iheii worked in preoaiiiiL' foi 

 soundly sleeping, Every monii 



Tom. 



— One of our Lawieucc, Kansas, correspondents says:— 



Of all places on earlti for duck, geeae, Bnipe, and prairie chicken shout- 

 ing. Ilic "Mississippi Hirer, from thiinnpic lo St. I'ait), must lie the beat, 

 Two of ns one afternoon, 111 two and a ball' hour.-, made a hag of nine 

 mallards, weighing twenty-seven and a trull' pounds. They were selected. 

 OH the wiiii,', and era? bad shot brought in. 



—.Georgia is g good pla.ee to hunt woodcock. An A.a- 

 giista-ooirnsspani ban writes, August lOtli-s— 



—Ten thousand people are annually punished in England 

 for violating the game laws, and there is a cry for reform. 



—The Eari of Dunlaven has bought six thousand acres of 

 Etess Park, Colorado, anl purposes " improving " it by 

 keeping the game and fish from too rapid destruction, and 

 by erecting buddings for tourists. 



—The "Woodside Shooting Association, of "Woodsville, 

 Long Island, V? ill shoot for the Cameron challenge cup 

 next week. All matches for the cup to be shot for at 

 fifteen single rises each, II and T. ground traps. Any 

 member holding the cup for one. year against all con- 

 testants to become his personal property. Entries in the 

 above match must be made lo the Secretary, W. T. Came- 

 ron, Esq., prior to Monday, September 7th. There will be 

 a grand sweepstake shot for after the shooting for the cup 

 has been decided. 



—The Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Sportsman's (Huh 

 is arranging for a grand pigeon shooting tournament, to 

 take place at the Nottingham Park in Ihat city, beginning 

 September 2. All sportsmen's clubs are invited to partici- 

 pate, and Bogardiis, the championship shot of the United 

 States, will be present and give exhibitions, as will other 

 crack shots." Several sweepstakes and matches will be 

 shot, and the members of the Portsmouth Club will shoot 

 for an elegant gold prize medal offered by M. Eklredge, 

 Esq., of this city. 



—The grand National Sehutzen Festival closed at Balti- 

 more on the 24th, after a most successful session of eight 

 days. The prizes were distributed. The third, fourth and 

 fifth prizes, for which there was a lie, were distributed re- 

 spectively to George Schilling of Baltimore, Rudolph 

 Meunsich of Washington, and Adolph Slrecker of San 

 Francisco. During the festival the receipts for entrance 

 fees, etc., have boon $:St,000, and the value of the prizes 

 distributed $23,000. There has been used at target firing 

 3,000 pounds of lead, and 2,000 pounds of powder, 89,829 

 shots being lirccl. Baron von Schlozcr, the German Min- 

 ister at "Washington, was present. 



-James Ward defeated Ira A. Paine in a match at 50 

 double pigeons for $1,000 a side, at the Buffalo (N. Y.) 

 Driving Park Thursday afternoon, Aug. 13, the Canadian 

 killing 88 to Paine's 86. The latter out-scored his antago- 

 nist in shooting at singles. 



—James Ward, of Toronto, who intends going to Eng- 

 land in October, issues the following challenge in answer' 

 to Capt. Bogardus:— 



I will make a match to si 

 the championship of Amer 

 shoot at 100 birds— ^0 sin 

 traps, 21 yards rise, WJy&rdj 

 ground M*P8, 21 yards n 

 double wild pigeons, 1K ya 



" Is'f 



Bogartlus for 

 Side, each, to 

 irds, ground 

 did pigeons, 

 and 15 pair 

 s boundary, 



ipl 



it Buffalo 



i Mo 



i'.V. 



tree. The m 

 iber Mill, if at 

 1 by the Cauadia.il rti 

 IV to be divided. Job. 



id l 



qf'tlte Turn-*, Italf 1'orfeit, 



id 1 will imme- 



in liogardiiK, in n>|>l.y tp Ward's letter, slates that 

 opt his cUaliengo just aa he proposes it, and if ho 

 11 increase the stakes lo, $500 il side it will suit 

 ii bet.! er 



THE CHICAGO PIGEON SWEEPSTAKES. 



BttAxi ii Oia-ei-:. I'oiiKs-r and Stream, i 

 Chicago, III., August,, 1874. f 



The follow die :i:e thB fC '.re* complete of I IK- Sw eepatakes Oil the lllst 



Scare. Tola?.. 



ui oi 1 i r< i i I l l l n i l il 



;leinm;inn 1 I I 1 (1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 t H 



I.oiif: 1 1 t t 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 



ision i i i i o m i o i n 



redtuore 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 I 11 



-je 1 1 I 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 15 



111111111111111 13 



>s 1M1110 1111111: H 



don 1111110 



Kliimniinn 111111111111111 15 



■M-Muds 110 111111 



il< roimick.... 111111111111110 H 



i i ■- 10 110 



, ne. A'l in r Price, nriii R. O. Kleimnunn haying killed &<- 



irda i» .-iicct aa'nn, were .winded $1S 75 each. 



hM»,SU >irrds rise, 80 .yards lioinidnry; best four scores to 



. ...1 11111111 1-lOltl U Kloininm 

 .. .1110 111111- ftillan Klsion... 



...0 111111111 !i i'liillius 0U1 



ick I 1 I I 1 1 1 I I i-io! Ab Irice 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 I- it 



111..I I 1 I 1 no 1 1 1 8|H L Edwards....! 1 1 ] 1 1 1 1 1 n- 9 

 Ties 2(1 yards. 



1 llllliuvliiiis 110 



11 1 1 UL -Edwards Ill 



Second tie, tt I yards. 

 Ill Ab Price _ 



:■ | 



Ten liinl- each 61(1 iinnoire and '< 



raw back for 



each bird killed, the 



balance left in the pool to lie divided (nlltlt. ' 



highest three: 



rieilinore 10 111110 1-7 



Sherman 



. . 1~1 1 1 1 1 1 1- R- 



lidwards... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- !) 



Price 



..1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-10' 



Mnaou 1 11111111 1-10 



II II Kieinmar 



n.i 1 1 1 ii j oi l- a 



U>wj 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1- tl 





..10 111110 III- 7 



Klslrai 1U1 01 1 0011- 6 



Davidson,'. '.'.'.'. 



-.1010 10 1111- 7 



J J Kleinnianii..l I 11 J 11 110- S 







Nincl.eoii dollars left in the pool . Price and Mas 



ou take each a third, 



and the ties on divided the other onc-tnlrd. 





Class shooting at three double rises, $5 entrance, 



iu three prizes, viz: 



£S5, inland $10. 





18 Yards. 18 



Yards 



Chitleudeil 111110 .. lid Price 



11 10 11 5 



A Price 110110 t II P Edwards. 



Hll 11 & 



Dan I'llsion n n n ti.r J Hall 



1100 01 .'1 



11 It Kleinnnilin 110111 5,Tom Stara. ... 



110111 ■> 



John Davidson 1110 11 5 .1 J K!einui4itu 



nun ii 



S Mason illllO e| 





Ties, SI Sards. 





Chittenden 11 10 iKIston 



,, ,111111 



11 11 Klcimnnun 1111 11 John Dai hUo 



i mi ii 



3. Mason - 1110 lid Price 



ii n n 



ll 3 lulwards nun Tom Smug..: 



linn 



J J lilciunrann 111110 



Ties. 

 II tl Klclnmann 11 11 101 John Davidson 





11 11 10 



Ed Price 11 11 00|Toin Kiagg.... 



10 10 111 



.1. .1. Klein matin and 11. J". Edwards divided first prize, U H . Klctn- 



mauir and John Davidson second prize. Aimer Price 



Ihtrd prize. 



©10 eutvance, four prizes, SSS.ffllJlp entrance, f 



mr equal prizes, 21 





yards rise, 



10 single birds. 



Shu'h/M. Total.. 





siraiqld. TotaL 



Elston '4 wiih'drn 



.1.1 Kleinmani 



5 wilh'dn 



J J Kleinminn.... 4 





.... 10 10 prize. 



Loiie 8 9 P"ze. 



Ab Price 



... Ill 10 pi ize 



HawMlis 1 " prize. Ci Predniove.. 



... 10 Iff pfisse 



Ah Price 10 10 prize. 



II II Kleininau 



with'di. 



Predmorn 5 8 



Dan EistOll... 



ti 



11 H Klciinuann.. a wiih'drn 



Hawkins 



wiibd'n 



McCorniick « » j.vize. 



John McConn 



ck. 10 10 prize. 



Sweeps, $10 entrance. 10 birds, best: Vies i 



SSI yards. 



3 to will, 21 yards rise, SO honnd'y. l.onc 



1 11-31 



torn,' ....' 10 10 Price 



1 1 : ;i 



Ab Price .... 10 10[Predniore 



i l i-i. 



i'redmorc B ii Kleinmaua.... 



11 1-3. 



iMcConnck 10 10 Tlesr 



t 31 yards. 



Klsion a IILong 



11 1-3, 



Ivleinninnn 10 lOlPrice 



10 0-1 



jl'iedrnore 



11 13. 



Kleinraann..,. 



1 10-2 



ii Club or Brooklyn shot their first summer match at 

 it the half-mile track. There were, fight members, 15 

 onditions and rules. The following is the score: 



1 «IS. Gaw - 3 9 



... 13 15|Madi=on li 17> 



I Total 51 



. - 8 IS Chasma 4 11 



8 I^iAppleyard 13 



Total 



NlM 1(011. 



Pakis, Ky., Aiiixnst 15th, 1874. 

 Editor Eiiiikst and Stream.— 



The match mentioned in your last issue to come off on the 12th, be- 

 Wveen'L. Trotler, ol Lexington, and T. O. Woodford, or Bourhou county, 

 was shot at Hutchinson Station, K. C. Railroad, hair way between Lex- 

 ington and Paris. The score is not so good as was expected, these gen- 

 tlemen being among Kentucky's best shots. Our boys have just begun 

 to find out they arc too high strung or nervous to shoot well. Both par- 

 ties seemed uracil excited. This may have been occasioned by the pres- 

 ence ol' so many good-looking young ladies, who made the occasion mora 

 pleasant to the outsiders at least. 



Match tor £50, 20 double birds, 18 yards. 



11 10 11 11 10 10 10 Trotter 11 (II 11 00 00 10 10 11 



' :... -15 11 drawn -11 



s a-shoot for Ihe birds between Kemiey and Kidd, at tw o. 

 '. single Birds. Kldd won. 



11 10 0-3' Kidd : ....... . 10 il 1-1 



Alter [his, Kidd— commonly called Bogardus— challenged both Woodr 



ford and Trotter to shoot for $100 a Bide, to come off any time in twenty 



days. 

 The next was a shoot for the birds, between Ferguson, Russell and 



Kerr. This resulted in a tie between Russell and Fergus 



Woodford, . 

 10 li 11. 



The next h 

 double and 01 



Kcnuey., 



Ecrc-iison 11 11 10— $ Kusscll 



Kerr 01 00 00—1 



. 11 11 01—5 



aside, between Kidd and Bagg. 



till »»U 1 SINOl.K. 



H 10 1-4 



repast at, I lit.-, beautiriii home 

 rboo. KV. 



Of the president of the Nnnrod club of Bo 



—The series of mntelies lit Creedmoov next month will 

 cniliraee lrcki.nd .?*. United ritat.es, Ciumtla OS. Ireland, and 

 the United States ra.Caiiada, A very interesting triungit- 

 hir QoatOSt iS looked I'm 



