170 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



to nil amateurs, at thirty yards rise, eighty yards boundary, 

 and both barrels allowed. In this there were twenty-four 

 entries, with the appended 



Vamt. Scon. Total 



Watlclns 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



L.-lur.d 01100101 



Perkins 1 n 1 1 I 1 1 1 



Arklen 1 I 1 I I n 



Tnln 1 1 1 *. 1 1 



Dew t 1 1 1 1 1 1 



...111(1011111 



Merrimau 001 1 1M1 



Bray 11111111 



Hippo t 1 1 1011 1 



Pan-eon l l l i i l l l 



SEhusUjr 10 101101 



Warn. Scon, Total 



nuvis .niiiiiii r 



Sherman ...... 1 o 1 1 1 o 1 5 



MoNoffly i (i i i i i i i r 



Sonth t l l ! l l i l s 



Speohl l i I l t o o 5 



Walker 10*. 00001 3 



Green 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 8 



Nicholson I 101 I 11 1 7 



Allen o i l n l l o l 5 



DoeVcfoy, ...01110111 6 



Burrow 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7 



Postop : i l 1 l ! l o v 



Tic? in eight, three single birds, X, yards. 



Bray Ill :: South 



Pearson 10 1 1 Green 



Tins in aovon, three single birds, B ami III yards. 

 Watklns 1 1 1- 3 1-3001-111 0—2 



Perkins .. 111-311 1— J 1 I I McNeely.. . 

 —3100 D Nicholson., 



Dew 1 1 0—3 Burrows... 1 1 



Flippo 10 1 ,Po»tWl ,', 10 1 



Davis 1 1 1-3 ,1 11—8 11 l| 



This, as will be seen by the score, was the roust exciting 

 contest of the week's sport, Tim Davis and Perkins hang- 

 ing with each other until I he last, the former dropping his 

 six birds in nine, even at forty yards. Messrs. Tate and 

 Dockery, who were the. only ties in six, divided their purse 

 Without a contest. 



A i the invitation of Hie President elect, Mr. P. A. Bry- 

 san, the members of the Association and a number of in- 

 vited quests assembled at his house nn Friday evening, and 

 were banqueted in a style becoming the hospitality of Mr. 

 Hrvsnii and his accomplished lady. 



• in Sal unlay, the last .day of the tournament, the pro- 

 gramme began with the class iiialcb for a purse of $500, 

 divided in rive prizes, $150 lo first, $185 to second, $100 (o 

 third, $75 to fourth, and $30 to fifth.— entrance five per 

 cent, of purse, open to all. In shooting flff the lies in nine 

 in Wednesday's class match, T. P. Perkins carried off Hie 

 $100, or second prize, by the following score: 



Ties in nine, three single bird* Mi yards rise. 





 Tics in eight, tlireu siilgla birds, 



Whcatley itVaikiiw 111—8 1 0—1 



Dew .111-311 1-3 All, -n 



Acklen 1 1 1—3 I 1 1— s|SQa.tfe 1 11-30 



Dew and Acklen divided the prize. 



Amateurs- Twelve single birds, '.'1 yards rise. 



score, Totui. 



11111111110 n 



1 1 1 1 II I II 1 1 1 o 



11 



Vain, 



Acklen 1 



Whentlvy 1 



P. Brvson 1 



Walker 1 



Bray 1 



Tale 1 



McXeelv 



Watkms 



Davis.... 



Flippo... 



Pearson.. 



filierman. 



1 1 1 10 1 



1111111 



1 t 



1 1 . 



10 10 11 1 1 ll li 

 1111111101 

 11110 111 

 110 1111111 

 1101111101 

 .011111111! 



Dew 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I : 



Perkins 1 *. I 1 1 1 1 1 1 



Allen llllioiiiii 



South 1 tn: 1110 111 



Green 1 1 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 



Leland 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



10 



. 1 1 0-2 



. 1 1 '.—3 1 0—1 

 . 1 1 0— 3 



Ties in eleven, three single birds. 

 Aeklen ... 1 1 1-3 1 0-1 IDew... 



Bryson l i 1—8 o i I— a o I I Allen 

 Flippo... , I l 1-3 l i o-g i l 2 Green, 

 Sherman.. 1 t | 



Tie" in ten, three single birds. 



Brav 1 1 1— 3 1 0-ilPerkins 



Wafkins 110-2 , Leland 



Pearsao i i i-s o i i-a| 



Ties in nine, three single birds. 



Wheatly 00 (('South 11 J 



Tate D 



Tics in eight, three single birds. 

 McSeely 1 0-1 1 1— 8-Davis 1 (I 0—1 1 0—1 



This closed the annual tournament, but immediately 

 after the close a sweepstakes was shot for. Dew's seller, 

 "Mack," which won the fourth place in the field trial, Hie 

 terms being four double birds at 21 yards, and the field 

 composed of Sherman, Dew, Hayes, Bowles, South, 

 Walker, Acklen, and Bryson — Sherman and Acklen 

 making a clean score and tieing — after which the 

 distance was increased five yards, where from the 

 score Sherman dropped bis first four birds, Acklen 

 killing the first pair and missing both the next. Sherman 

 then put up one of his excellent guns at $150, Messrs. 

 Davis, Leland, Burrows, Dew, MeNeely, Walkins. Perkins, 

 Bray, Bowles, and South contending for the. coveted 

 breech loader, at four double birds, at eighteen yards rise, 

 Davis scoring seven of his lirst eight, making a tie with 

 Dew. Davis then came to tli8 scratch- again, and dropped 

 six in three shots, Dew killing his first two pair straight, 

 and then compromised with Davis and became the owner 

 of the gun. And then closed one of the most pleasant 

 weeks of sport that perhaps has ever passed in the South. 

 There were no contentions whatever, the judges' decisions 

 in all cases giving entire satisfaction; and not even the first 

 harsh word was uttered by any of the competitors to mar 

 the pleasure of the sport. In closing, I cannot recommend 

 too highly the excellent arrangements of the officers of the 

 tournament and of the. State Association. To sum up, the 

 toiii nament was a success in every particular. 



In my report of the field trial at the tournament last 

 week, I did not include (as it was impossible for me to ob- 

 tain it at the time) a complete scale of the points made by 

 each entry. They are appended now, however, and in Ibis 

 connection I might properly state that although but ten 

 dogs entered the field, there were double that number 

 among the list that forfeited the entrance fee, which only 



goes to show conclusively that Tennessee ■ : 



other State In the Union. 



A'amt and 



Uirnrr of 

 Entry. 



At the next annual tournament we expect to show 

 Imp shooting tlmt cannot lie excelled. 



Kentucky State Si-ohtsmen's Association. — We have 

 received the minutes of Ihe last meeting of the above as- 

 sociation, held at Lexington the 38d of September. Some 

 nine clubs were represented there, several of the delegates 

 being gentlemen of .the highest culture, and well known 

 throughout the State for their love of field sports and ge- 

 uial hospitality. The address of the association is terse 

 and pointed, and expresses exactly the duties and purposes 

 of gentlemen sportsmen in connection with the protection 

 of game and the display and improvement of our field 

 dogs. The first annual tournament will be held at Paris, 

 Bourbon counly, on the third Tuesday in May, 1875. 

 < • » - 



St. Paul's Sportsmen's Cluil-Wo have received from 

 Mr. J. Y. Page, the constitution recently adopted by the 

 above club. This is one of the best organizations in the 

 West, as it is characterized by the espirt which belongs to 

 a body of the true lovers of lite chase. Under their vigi- 

 lant surveillance the pot-hunters will soon be brought to 

 grief, if they trespass on the game laws, for they are very 

 explicit in warning sporting codgers against any violation 

 of the statutes. 



j§//0/ (gun and ^i/ie. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR OCTOBER. 



Snipe and Buy Birds. 



Wild Duck, Geese, Brant, &c. 

 [ruder t/, r head of "Qame, una ii'tsnin .Sea. n" we can tnuij spa 



Gami: in Markbt.— -Game is very abundant just, at 

 present, and the Messrs. Robbinxof Fulton market declare 

 (lie sales lo be quite brisk. The latest additions to the 

 Block of game is quail, which came from Connecticut and 

 Ihe interior of Mew York State. Woodcock are getting 

 more abundant, so that they now sell for $1 per brace All 

 seem to be in excellent condition, so are appreciated by 

 epicures. Ruffed grouse bring $1 per brace, ami prairie 

 chickens $1 25, but the latter are beeomging quite rare. 

 Canvas back ducks are arriving from the West, and retail 

 at $8 per brace, whilst red heads bring only $1 50, teal 

 seventy-five cenls. wood ducks, the same price, and mal- 

 lards $1 25. Babbits are becoming scarce at $1 per brace. 

 Snipe bring $3 per dozen, upland plover $4 50, black Birds 

 seventy-five cenls, and robins $1 50. Heed birds are en- 

 tirely out of market. Venison is becoming more abund- 

 ant and retails at thirty cents per pound. 



Pennsylvania— October loth.— Black duck, mallard, 

 teal, broadbillsand widgeon are now numerous "on Dela- 

 ware bay and river. Snipe are beginning to come from the 

 North in numbers, and we hear of big hags having been 

 made on the meadow bordering the Delaware shore. Quail 

 shooting does not begin in Pennsylvania or Delaware until 

 November 1st, but, many running coveys are reported as 

 seen, indicating a good breeding season in the summer, and 

 good prospects for November. Few woodcocks are coming 

 into the market, nor will there be many this autumn, we 

 fear. In Monroe, Pike, Luzerne, and Carbon counties, 

 wild pigeons are more plentiful than for many years. 

 Several Hocks of wild geese passed over (Tie rural districts 

 of Philadelphia high in air within the last two or three 

 days, indicating cold weather northward, and early shoot- 

 ing for them on the Jersey coast, where they will tarry un- 

 til compelled to move to Southern winter quarters. Last 

 week some few rail were killed on the Delaware River in 

 the neighborhood of Chester; the present winter snap, 

 however, has no doubt caused them to pull up stakes and 

 move. 



Another report says : The prospect, for partridge shoot- 

 ing is good. Woodcock have been very scarce. Gray 

 squirrels also. Field plover were very abundant. They 

 are very wary, and the experience is* that a day's work 

 generally consisted in bagging half a dozen. 



Maryland — Muirkirk, Oct. 19th.— Some good sport ex- 

 pected soon, birds are very plentiful, especially quail. 



Virginia — Wild pigeons are very abundant in the East 

 of Culpepper county, and thousands are being daily killed 

 by sportsmen. 



Plover shooting was carried on to an excessive extent 

 along the shores of Hunting creek last week, and to the 

 great annoyance of the Indies who wflr« Strolling in those 



part*,— AJceandria Qautto, 



Pigeons have been abundant in Loudoun county for the 

 last week or so; one gentleman killed forty-seven in forty 

 shots, and nearly all who went out bagged respeci able 

 numbers of these swiftly flying birds. T. \V. 



NDBTH Cakolina— Poplar Branch, Oct. 10'7t.— The shoot- 

 ing for eeese, ducks, and partridges is good, and holds stood 

 until February.— G. S. V. S. 



Georgia — Flocks of wild pigeons are passing over 

 Georgia. 



— We have received the following information from our 

 Chicago branch office: 



CnicAGo, October 10, 1874. 



In answer to H. L. C, our friend, George Aver, of 

 Voungstown, sends the following as one of the" best" duck 

 grounds in the country: Huntsville, Logan county, Ohio 

 Take P. F. & W. I. Q. R. R. to Huntsville, and then five 

 miles to the Reservoir, enquire for Wm. Hornberser, men- 

 tion Mr. Aver, and the treatment will be good. Board §1 

 per day. Mr. A. says he brought in one day 104; next, day, 

 morning and evening, 56; following- day, returning at five 

 o'clock, 121. Quail and snipe shooting" excellent." Parties 

 returning from the Calumet say the duck shooting never 

 was belter, or Ihe birds bo plentiful. All they require is a 

 cold, snap or a little frost. Parties are going in every di- 

 rection, and all seem to meet with fair success Twin 

 Lakes, Wis., in the marshes on Illinois river, near Ottawa, 

 and a number of places on the Mississippi River, in Iowa 

 and Illinois, are becoming favorite resorts. 



A letter from an Illinois correspondent contains the fol 

 lowing bit of information : The late manifest approach of 

 cold weather lias brought down from the North vast flocks 

 of water-fowl seeking Southern quarters. They are swarm- 

 ing by countless thousands in the bayous and sloughs of 

 the Calumet region, and the sportsmen are beginning to 

 make the most, of a very brisk if brief season. The excur- 

 sionists to South Chicago a day or two ago, durag their 

 little trip at the mouth of the Calumet, found large Bocks 

 of ducks on the lakes, hut their favorite resorts are alone 

 the borders of the inland watercourses, where thev make 

 their feeding -rounds anion- the wild rice. The numerous 

 accommodations to South Chicago and Sheffield on the 

 Michigan Southern and Fort Wayne are crowded with 

 hunters. One of these returned two days ago from the 

 Sheffield house with eighty mallards. The little steamer 

 Sheffield takes numerous patties from the Sheffield House 

 lo the favorite hunting stations on Lake Wolf, Hyde Lake, 

 and Lake George, and the Grand Calumet, while Chitten- 

 den's, lice's, and other points loved by the sportsmen, we 

 greatly resorted to. 



Palatine, El., Oel, 15//*.— An attentive correspondent 

 writing to US says: As regards game, I would say that 

 prairie chickens are Hocking, and very wild; good shooting 

 of ruffed grouse and quail; lakes swarming" with ducks", 

 mostlv Summer ducks; pigeons all gone; snipe and plover 

 not here yet.— T. J. F. 



Indiana — Ducks and snipe are reported plentiful, but 

 hard to get at, on the Kankakee marshes, Indiana. 



WlSCONBiir— Pucleawg Lake.— The following letter from 

 our correspondent shows how shooting is in Wisconsin: — 



The sport has not been good. The weather has been 

 more than pleasant, almost too hot for comfort. The 

 Northern birds have not come, and the local ones have all 

 been killed off. We must have some frost and rough 

 weather before we have much sport. The canvas-backs 

 have just heirun to put in an appearance. We have cap- 

 tured only six and about 25 red heads. Small birds are 

 more plenty. One or two guns more, and the far-famed 

 PuckawayLake tor ducks 'will be among the things that 

 were— hunted to death ! The blinds or stands on the lake 

 and rivers look like cocks on a bay field, and from one to 

 three shooters in each blind. Buffed grouse quite plentiful, 

 and some snipe and woodcock. Gray fox and bit el- snuir- 

 rels abundant. E. O. D. 



Vinita, Indian Territory, October 18th.— Long period of 

 dry weather has made chickens scarce until to-day, when 

 a copious rain improved the shooting. The Irish rifle team 

 have just left. While here they bagged 102 chickens in 

 one day, besides some quail, rabbits, &c. Deer are very 

 abundant within five miles, and turkeys and antelope 

 within ten miles. Vinita is on the Missouri, Kansas, and 

 Texas Railway, about twenty miles from Kansas and Mis- 

 souri State lines. Being in the latitude of upper Tennes- 

 see, the climate makes sport very pleasant for those who 

 earn p. Parties intending to shoot here should hire wagons 

 and guides at Chetopa, on the Kansas line. Robt. Orm is 

 a fine guide and Indian hunter. 



Scfif.i.l City, Missouri, October 16rh. — This is one of 

 the best points for quail in southwestern Missouri. They 

 abound in all the adjacent fields and prairies. A bag o'f 

 twenty brace per diem for each man is nothing remarkable. 

 A very fine house here, built for the M. K.'and T. Bail- 

 way, offers best of accommodation for both gentlemen and 

 ladies. 



Hannibal, October 19th. — Quail in this vicinity abun- 

 dant. Parties out every day. Good bags. Teal and wood 

 duck shooting has been good — now done. A little early 

 vet for mallard and other ducks. Turkeys abundant at 

 Salt River, thirty miles below. One of the best hunters 

 here, is Bob Reynolds. There are a score of others equally 

 good. 



Canada— The Canadian Journal has the following: 



The "commons" in the neighborhood of old Niagara, 

 have this season been fairly alive with plover. Twenty 

 and even thirty brace to a single gun, has been recorded, 

 and never before in the memory of that respectable indi- 

 vidual, the oldest inhabitant, has there been such capital 

 sport. 



Mr. Walter Macdonald, son of Judge Macdonald, of 

 Guelph, was out plover shooting a few days ago, and 

 knocked over eighteen birds at one discharge. Mr. Charles 

 Sharpe, of the same burgh, has also made some fine bags, 

 and from all sections of the country we receive accounts 

 of splendid sport. 



— Says the St. Catharines Time*: "At the end of the close 

 seasons for shooting quail, &c, quite a large number of 

 our sporting citizens were out, and report that thev found 

 game plenty, and no opposition from the owners of pro- 

 perty. It is believed, however, that the close season — for 

 shooting quail, at least — should be extended for two or 

 three years. 



Plover have appeared in such countless'numhers iti and 

 around Ottawa and Prescott that half the able bodied pop- 

 ulation are reported to have been on the war-path , 



