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FOREST AND STREAM. 



not easily be enjoyed till the leaf is fairly off the trees. 

 The battue is as much like an honest day's sport over dogs 

 and after wild birds as prodding porkers in a farmyard re- 

 sembles the pig sticking of the Indian jungle; but, though 

 everyone abuses it, instead of its dying out, there is at this 

 present moment an immense amount of rivalry amongst 

 sportsmen as to who shall provide the largest massacre for 

 the knights of kid gloves and breech loaders. The luxu- 

 ries of the lunch, the dignity of the keepers, "who only 

 take paper," or nothing less than a twenty-five dollar bill as 

 a fee, the neglect of the cripples, and the absence of any- 

 thing approacning to sport, have all been dealt with by 

 me and condemned, and I need say no more when I have 

 said that 1 he last happy thought is a portable camp-stool, 

 with one leg, which is strapped on to a suitable part of the 

 body, and quite dispenses with the fatigue of standing up 

 to shoot. This sybaritic invention is advertised in all the 

 sporting papers, and merely requires a gun rest and feed- 

 ing machine to make it perfect. True it is, that October is 

 just the very best month for shooting in the open if the 

 partridges were not too wild. With plenty of birds strong 

 on the wing, I desire no better sport than a rough day and 

 promiscuous sport with the wily pheasant, and I should be 

 far better pleased than if I had shot myself into notoriety 

 at a ducal battue, and paid the head keeper for a good 

 place at the "hot cornet" ;i sum which would have pro- 

 vided me with a box at the opera. 



The Empress of Austria has been staying lately incognita 

 in the Isle of Wight. She has quite taken the shine out of 

 our English horsewomen by her plucky method of taking 

 her fences, iind as she is mounted on the best hunters that 

 money ran buy it requires a good man and horse to accom- 

 pany her. She was gracious enough to give a handsome 

 cup the other day for a steeple chase, and I need not say 

 that there were plenty of candidates, and the contest over 

 "five miles of fair hunting country," as the conditions 

 stated, proved that there was many a man willing to risk 

 his neck for such a trophy. Idstone, Jb. 



The Ibish Team at a Pigeon Shoot. — Last week, at 

 Chicago, several members of the. Irish Rifle Team, who 

 had just returned from their hunting tour in Kansas and 

 the. Indian Territory, participated in a little pigeon shoot 

 gotten up by the Chicago Gun Club, which took place at 

 Tom Stagg's. They' were under the immediate escort of 

 Ed. Thomas, Esq., who provided carriages, drove them to 

 the grounds, and rendered them other attentions. Alder- 

 m.in Tolley accompanied the guests and contributed to their 

 enjoyment in a substantial way. At the rendezvous, the 

 members of the Gun Club provided refreshments and hob- 

 nobbed in the most genial fashion. The first match was 

 between the Gun Club members for three money prizes, 

 provided by a general pool. There were twelve entries. 

 The following are 



THE 3COBE6. 



Name. Score. 'Total. 



Abbey 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ? 



Smith 1 i 1 1 1 1 6 



Kentiv.. 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 8 



Welch 11110 1111 8 



Bellew 11110 10 10 6 



Bonis 11110 10 111 8 



Edwards 1111110 111 9 



- 111111111 9 



Brice 111110 11,1 9 



Phillips lllllllllO 9 



Stag! 11110 10 110 7 



Martin 110 110 1110 7 



In shooting off the ties of nine, Edwards took first prize; 

 Welch took second money in ties of eight; Stagg third 

 money in ties of seven; and Greene Smith the leather 

 medal. 



.Messrs. Millner and Rigby, of the Irish Team, and Mr. 

 Ed. Thomas, shot a match of ten singles, at twenty six 

 yards rise, with the following result: — 



Milner ilOOOilOll 6 



Rigby 111110 110 7 



Thomas.- 100100010 t 5 



Considering that the Irishmen were novices at the sport, 

 they did fairly. Messrs. Bagnall and Johnson, of the 

 Team, were present, but did not participate. 



— The Irish Riflemen have been challenged by some of 

 their countrymen in Chicago, but the offer -was declined 

 owing to want of time. The Irish Americans are said to 

 be excellent shots, but we fear their effort at competition 

 •.virh the more distinguished gentlemen would be futile in 

 results to tliem. 



Cbeedmoor. — The experts of the Amateur Rifle Club in- 

 dulged in a little family match last Saturday, at Creedmoor. 

 In the absence of any new badge or fresh prizes it was re- 

 solved to introduce the novelty of shooting by sides, 

 Amateur Club vs. Amateur Club. Colonel Gildersleeve 

 and Lieutenant Fulton acted as captains, and chose 

 alternately man for man from the club, until two 

 teams very nearly equally matched had been chosen. The 

 original plan was to have the stake a supper, to be provided 

 for the club by the losing team, but this idea was abandon- 

 ed, and in its place a general club dinner will be held 

 shortly, at which all the members and sime invited guests 

 will sit down. Owing to the absence of several of the best 

 shots, the match opened with but six in each side. The 

 conditions called for ten shots from each man at 200, 500, 

 800, 000, and 1,000 yards, respectively, in any position, the 

 latter item being taken advantage of by some to lie down 

 at the 200-yard point. The shooting, as a whole, showed 

 good marksmanship, Tale and Fulton each scoring 39 in 

 ; ( possible 40 at 500 yards, and coming out at the end in a 

 tie, each having 178 out of 200 points. Fulton abandoned 

 his practice of using his weapon as a muzzle-loader, and 

 used the cartridges in the ordinary manner. His success 

 is looked upon as a proof that equally good work could be 



done with a breech loader, normally used, as by any extra 

 devices for insuring accuracy. The annexed scores in 

 detail show that the squad chosen by Lieutenant Fulton 

 was victorious by odds of 125 points. The match lasted 

 from 10 A. M. to about 4:30 P. M., including the lunch 

 recess. The weather was delightfnl, though the changes 

 of light and shade, of wind and lull, tried the skill of those 

 engaged. The following is the score: 



FCLTOX'S SO.OAD. 



800.... 43444433 



H. Fulton, Rem. sporting. . 



Col. J. Bodine, Rem. aporting. . 



A. V. Canfleld, Jr., Rem. sport. 



B. E. Valentine, Rem. sporting. • 



too.. 



3444444144 39 | 



4444333233 33 > 



3 4 4 4 4 14 14 87 



178 



h. Geigcr, Rem. sporting. . 



A. Alford, Rem. sporting. . 



1000.... 23343443 3, . 



200.... 4333433443 SIT 



500.... 0223444444 31 



800.... 3441434444 38}- 171 



000.... 0334448444 32 



100J.... 4331344443 36 



200.... 3343344483 34' 



500.... 3333333344 32 



SOD. ... 4444434244 37-169 



900.... 3444234433 31 



1000...- 440 3 433443 32 



200.... 434444044 3 34' 



500.... 8444444434 38 



800.... 2 2 0304344 221-160 



900-.. 03324 4 3443 30 



1O0O-... 3 4 4 3 3 4 1 1 3 1 36 j 



200.... 34 3 4 343443 35 1 



601).... 4 4 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 37 I 



SO0.. . 3442134343 34 '• !67 



900.... 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 27 



1000.... 3 3 2 2 4 3 4 3 24 J 



200.... 3 3 3 3 j 2 3 3 3 2 271 



500.... 3 3 3 4 3 2 4 3 3 27 ' 



800... 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 2 24 > 108 



900.... 333000 340 16 



.1000.... 0002023333 UJ 



. 943 



U. W. Yale, Sharp sporting 



, 5»l.,., 



H. A. Gildersleeve, sharp sportt 800.... 

 ' 900.... 

 lnoo..-. 

 ' 200.... 



G. \V. Wingate, Rem. aporting. \ S00.... 



900.... 



llOOO... 



f 200... 



500... 



G. Crouch, Sharp sporting { 300 



] M00... 

 11000... 



Wm. Moser, Jr., Rem. tiport..- 



J. L. Price, Sharp sporting. . 



800.. 



500... 



800. .. , 



900.... 

 L1000.... 

 " 200... 



500... 



S SQUAD 



34 34 3 



1 4 3 4 4 



3 4 444 



4 3 3 3 4 

 9 2 3 3 4 

 3 4 4 4 4 

 3 3 3 4 4 

 3 4 4 

 3044 3 



3 a i i i 



3 4 4 4 4 



3 4 3 4 4 



3 4 3 4 4 



4 3 4 

 3330 



2 3 3 3 4 

 2 2 2 

 8 3 2 2 

 4 4 



2 3 3 2 3 



3 3 2 3 3 

 8 4 3 4 



4 4 4 2 

 3 4 2 3 

 3 

 3 3 3 3 4 

 3 2 2 3 4 



2 3 3 R 4 

 8 3 13 



3 



4 3 3 3 3 



4 4 4 4 4 : 



4 4 3 4 4 : 



4 4 3 3 4 : 



4 3 4 4 3 : 



3 3 4 34 1 



4 4 4 4 4 I 



3 434 4 

 R4 4 3 ! 



2 4 4 2 3 ! 



4 3 4 4 4 : 



3 4 4 3 4 : 

 3 3 2 : 

 3 3 3 3 4 I 

 3 3 3 4 2 : 

 3 3 3 3 I 



3 14 3 3 



4 3 4 2 R ! 

 3 2 233 



2 0323 : 



3 3 434 



3 3 3 4 4 ; 



3 3 043 ! 



3 4 



00 -}0 



3 3 4 3 3 



4 3 3 4 3 

 R4 33 2 

 0000 

 



— The Executive Committee of the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation held an adjourned meeting at First Division Head- 

 quarters, No. 7 West Thirteenth street, last week, for the 

 purpose of taking into consideration the protests in the 

 Galling match recently contested at Creedmoor, at the 

 Fall meeting. The protest entered by Capt. Douglas, of 

 the Eighty-fourth Regiment, against the score made by 

 Drum .Major Strube, of the Twenty-second Regiment 

 "team," was admitted, and the score disallowed on the 

 ground that he had used other ammunition than that 

 furnished by the State. He was also censured for discredit- 

 able conduct. The score of Private Keeler, of the Seventy- 

 ninth Regiment, was also disallowed. 



—The competition for the Turf, Meld and Farm badge 

 lakes plaee next Saturday. 



— +*+■ 



Nuw York, October 27th, 1874. 

 Euitor Forest and Stkkam :— 



The Xew York Herald of Oct. 2d made certain erroneous statements, 

 pome of them concerning Canadian competitors la the recent matches at 

 Creedmoor. I have endeavored to make that paper make the proper cor- 

 rections without success, and therefore heg through your journal, to place 

 our Canadian friends correctly on record before the public. 



The first error in question was in the statement that several of the Ca- 

 nadians had entered and shot in the "Press Match" who were not eligi- 

 ble to snoot in it. Two Canadians only shot in the "Press Hatch,"' viz: 

 Captain J. J. Mason and Ensign James Adam. It is well known that 

 Captain Mason is editor and publisher of the Craftsman newspaper, and 

 therefore eligible. While the Executive Committee were entirely satis- 

 fied that Ensign Adam was eligible, and so ruled, that gentleman has, 

 since his return home furnished our committee with the written evidence 

 of his employment on the Hamilton Times. 



Again, Capt. "Mason did not shoot in the "Consolation Match," as 

 stated in the Herald. 



The publication of the foregoing will do justice to two excellent 

 marksmen and most amiable gentlemen. Yours, very respectfully, 



H. A. Gildeuslbeve, Secretary N. R. A. 

 -♦.» 



— Within the past month we have given Holabird's 

 shooting suit a most crucial test through all weathers and 

 in various kinds of cover, and take more than usual satis- 

 faction in volunteering our heartiest approval of it. It 

 seems not only to be water-poof, but it is invulnerable to 

 burrs, darning needles, wood lice, and all those barbed 

 and pestiferous seed pods that attach themselves to the 

 clothing and vex the sportsman's epidermis. It is very 

 convenient as to pouches and pockets, light and comfort- 

 able to wear, and paradoxically cool in warm weather, and 

 warm in coo] weather. No sportsman should be without 

 one, 



—A drunken fellow who had slept in the horse pound at 

 camp, waked up one morning to find himself haltered and 

 the proprietor demanding pay for his oats. The fellow 

 protested, saying he was not a horse. "No difference," 

 was the reply, "we charge as much for an ass as for a 

 horse." 



—"Boy, is that a licenseddogV" asked a Detroit police- 

 man. "No," said the youngster; "he's a rat terrier dog, 

 and I'm taking him down to have his teeth filed." 



— Mr. Nickle died in Missouri last week. He retained 

 his live senses to the last. 



ghat gun and ^ifle. 



GAME IN SEASON FOR OCTOBER. 



Moose, Alces MolcMs. Snipe and Bav Birds. WLllets. 



Elk or Wapiti. Ven-ue. Cnnodcnsis. Caribou, Tueninim hnngif/.r 

 Hares, brown and gray. p .a-i 



key , ,lft;V,,7/,v r/nllaimvo. Buffalo. 



'-'■ "nl;.. .' '.;.. ,i : ■ ■ ]■,:-: ,. 

 Ruffed Gronse, VWri'i umbr'lus. Quail. Ort.jr Yirgie.ianus. 



Esquimaux Curlew, S I Grouse, Telrao Cupidd 



realis. Cnrlcw, Xunxnbt' Arquarta. 



Plover, Charadrius. Sandpipers, Tringmlnm. 



godwlt, Una Willets. 



'anus. Reed or Rice birds, Doliclionyx oryz 



Wild Pigeoi 



Wild Duck, Geese, Brant, &c. 



n only specify tn 



I Under t/ie head of "(tame, and Fish, in Seas .. , 

 general terms/!,- several M rWi \ because the law t of States Be 



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those entire sections thai relate to the kinds of yam* in question. This 

 would reguire a great amount of our space. In o'esUiueiting game we are 



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 our readers would do ■>::■■!! lo mend, ihrmsth-e: u-iif, the tuns of their re- 

 spective States />>> ,.,,„■-,,',„„ ,..-;.,,,...,- ,>:,',.„ „,,.,. „.,,,. „/..,..;,;,-., , assist them 

 will only create confusion.] 



GAinS en MARKET. — The game market is pretty well sup- 

 plied at present, especially with woodcock and several 

 varieties of ducks. The regular hunters and sportsmen 

 are very busy just now, and to this fact may we attribute 

 the abundance of the most edible species of the aves. 

 Woodcocks are quite plentiful, and the greater pot-lion 

 come from New York Stale. They retail at $1 per brace. 

 The ruffed grouse is more of a stranger than is usual at 

 the present time, owing to the rain storms at the West, 

 Price $1 per brace. Prairie chickens same rates. Grey 

 squirrels bring twelve and a half cents each; not much de- 

 mand for them. Venison is coming in from Minnesota 

 and retails at thirty cents per pound. Quails are compara- 

 tively scarce, so bring $4 50 per dozen. Canvas back 

 ducks are worth $3 per brace, black heads $1, and red 

 heads $1 50. The teal and other varieties are sold at the 

 ordinary price. 



—We acknowledge the receipt of a splendid haunch of 

 Adirondack venison from Dr. G. G. Kennedy, of Roxbury, 

 Mass., which our friends aided us in doing full justice to. 

 We ate the venison; they furnished the current jelly. The 

 thanks of the party were tendered to the doctor. Faith ! 

 we couldn't do less. 



Game Wanted.— Fred Mather, Esq., of Honeoye Falls, 

 Monroe county, N. Y. enquires for certain species of game 

 which our correspondents should be able to supply. He 

 says: — 



"I have plenty of white fronted geese, but will buy if 

 offered. I also want teal and perhaps other ducks that will 

 domesticate. I have lots of wood ducks. I want to know 

 through "Gopher," or some one else, some of those market 

 gunners who might save me some wing-tipped birds for 

 breeders." 



— A rifle association has been organized at Edgewater, 

 Staten Island, under the title of the "Castleton Heights 

 Rifle Association," for the promotion of rifle practice. The 

 organization numbers forty members, and a match will 

 shortly take place. 



Quogue. — An association has existed for a number of 

 years known as the Old Hunters of Quo.arne Plains, and 

 which has held two meetings annually, Fall and Spring. 

 The Fall meeting was held on Tuesday, on grounds owned 

 by the Association, in the middle of the plains. A reorgan- 

 ization was made, the name being changed to the Hunters' 

 Association. Wells Tuthill was chosen President; Messrs. 

 Charles Rodgers and George A Terry, Vice Presidents - 

 Elisha Wells, Treasurer, and Samuel Tuthill and Chauncey 

 Tuthill, Secretaries. 



Long Island— Oct. 19/A.— Ducks are plenty, such as 

 black ducks, broadbills, grey ducks, pintails, coots, &c. 

 Most all varieties of birds are to be found here on the 20th 

 except geese and brants; their time to make their appear- 

 ance is from the 1st to the 10th of November, when thev 

 are quite abundant. We have experienced gunners at this 

 place, men that have followed shooting for thirty years 

 They are prepared with live stools for geese and brant, 'also 

 batteries for shore anil point shooting. We have also good 

 quail, and rabbit, and partridge shooting. The. Bay and 

 Ocean View House is situated within 200 feet of Hie Great 

 Shinecock Bay and ovarlooks it. All bird, passing over 

 the bay can he seen from the verandah of the botel. ° This 

 is large and affords the best of accommodations for sport- 

 ing men. Ammunition furnished at the house for all those 

 that wish to save the labor of bringing it with them. Gen- 

 tlemen visiting the Bay View House will be sure and buy 

 tickets at James Slip on Thirty-fourlh street Ferry, New 

 York, for Good Ground Station, Sag Harbor Branch, L. I. 

 R. R., where a stage will convey them to the house. 

 * Adirondacks.— Cotton's, Oct. 23.— Parties are htfvrrjg 

 grand deer hunting this month on the ponds and streams 

 that flank the Hacquette river between the Bog and Hedge- 

 hog rapids, a distance of twenty-five miles or so. Geo 

 Munger is out all the time; he is one of the best guides here. 

 I regard this section as the best deer country in the Adrion- 

 dacks, though sportsmen are rather jealous of imparting 

 information as to specific localities. By taking the Water- 

 town Railroad to DeKalb Station, and driving to Charley 

 Pelsue's or Haw's, you can gel all the sport that heart desires. 

 Weather glorious, nights frosty. Tom. 



—Rather good rifle shooting is thus described bv the 

 editor of the Troy Whig: "We have seen a man hold his 

 rifle in his left hand and toss a chip with his rin-ht hand 

 into the air, and then bringing his rifle to his shoulder, put 

 a bullet through the chip." 



Connecticut.— Hartland, Oct. 25f/<,— Come here if you 

 want good partridge shooting. The birds were never more 

 numerous. I saw a bunch of 400 brought in yesterday 

 en route to a market; and thirty or forty brace per man is 

 nothing uncommon. I regret to say that nearly all are 

 taken by snaring, a practice that ought to be stopped. 

 Take the Canal Railroad from New Haven. 



Massachusetts.— Mw Bedford, Oct., 26.— Mr. Gustavus 

 A. White, Jr., of the Sheridan House, shot 10 wood cock 

 13 quails, and. 5 partridges. Mr. White is considered one 

 of the best shots in that vicinity. 



