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Texas being done, the patty will cross into Colorado, 

 and emerging at Denver, will take the transcontinental 

 railroad to California, thence proceed to Oregon and Wash- 

 ington Territory. All the game animals of the Pacific 

 Coast -will lie assailed la succession, but special 

 will bo given to the grizzly bear and the ponderous elk. 

 Every phice having any scenic attractions will be visited, 

 so that, (he trip may be as complete as possible. As soon as 

 tile Summer wanes, the party will return to Kansas to 

 enjoy Fall hunting among (In- buffaloes, prairie chickens 

 and other game; and after this exercise all will go to (he 

 Great Lakes and enjoy what fishing and hunting they and 

 their vicinity can afford. On thcii -return liomlhis classi- 

 cal region they will visit "Washington, ttoaUCC return to 

 New York and England, arriving borne about the middle 

 of December. 



This will give si\ months of hunting, enough to satisfy 

 the appetite of the most insatiate Nimrod. 



For fear of any mishap, the expedition will be complete 

 in every detail, so that it will be its own commissary and 

 protector in case of an attack from the Indians. The com- 

 missariat will contain the choicest viands of the country ; the 

 quartermaster's department will be able to supply any num- 

 ber of horses and can iages that may be needed, and, finally, 

 £he cuMne will he presided over by one of Hie best cooks 

 in the "West. To drive care away, a full brass and string- 

 band will accompany the expedition, so thai when the 

 weary hunters return from the chase, their fatigue may 

 be banished by the dulcet notes of sensuous music. In 

 order to meet allometgoncles, a surgeon and assistant will 

 form a portion of tbe organization, and no small oue either, 

 if the programme is fully carried out. By this combina- 

 tion of elements the parly will be complete in all its ap- 

 pointments, so that it might be termed a sybarilical excur- 

 sion were it not for tbe virility of the chase, and the fact 

 that the hunters must sleep in tents, and without any mat- 

 tresses. 



This scheme is a large one, and is certainly capable of 

 being carried to a successful issue provided genllemen 

 enough can be secured to pay the necessarily heavy ex- 

 penses. No other country but this could originate such a 

 gigantic hunting scheme, and few, except the originator 

 would dare to carry it out. The expedition when on the 

 march would number about thirty wagons, ten ambulances, 

 one hundred and sixty horses, and two hundred and fifty 

 men. • 



"We understand thai some American gentlemen have al- 

 ready given in their names as subscribers and that a few 

 more will be taken, but the great bulk of the hunters are 

 expected to bail from England. The toils, dangers and 

 amusements of the parly, and the salient points of the 

 country! hey may visit will be perpetuated by an artist, and a 

 photographer and a reporter to be designated by the editor 

 of Forest and Stream, and their joint work will bo issued 

 in book form under tbe same auspices after the the return 

 of the expedition. 



As tbe main object of this excursion is to initiate Euro- 

 pean sportsmen into our mode of bunting, and to make 

 them acquainted with the grand scenery of the country, 

 the expense must be a mere trifle compared with the result 

 obtained. He who desires to enjoy such pleasures of the 

 chase as he cannot procure elsewhere, and ho who delights 

 in the beauties of Nature, should be enamored of this 

 varied programme. The originator is endorsed by the 

 leading gentlemen of Chicago, and tbe Governor and other 

 prominent citizens of Texas, and this should be sufficient 

 guarantee for the fulfillment, of any promise he might 

 make. He has also been promised the co-operation of the C. 

 B. and Q., and M. K. and T. railways. So far as we have 

 been advised of the details of this enterprise and the coun- 

 tenance given it by prominent citizens of the West, it has 

 our fullest sanction, and we shall do all in our power to ex- 

 pedite it, 



Shooting Box. — "We designed last week to call attention 

 to the advertisement now in our paper of a fine shooting 

 properly near Philadelphia. It is situated on the North 

 East River, about five miles above Turkey Point, and the 

 same distance above the mouth of the Susquehanna River, 

 contiguous to Ihe Grand Flats which abound with canvas 

 back and red bead ducks, in season. There is plenty of 

 uplaud game, quail, woodcock, and pheasant; and there is 

 no better place for fishing in this part of the country. The 

 present owners have purchased the Seneca Point Farm in 

 the immediate vicinity and have no use for this properly; 

 consequently it will be sold at a bargain. The property is 

 two hours ride from Philadelphia, ten miles below Elkton, 

 and is very retired, yet easy of access. 



—We are indebted to Prof. Baird for bis very valuable 

 report on the fishes of the Atlantic waters. The pamphlet 

 is a most valuable oue, as it is prepared in the most pains- 

 taking manner. Our summary is crowded out of this 

 week's issue. 



— On the 15th November, the Esquimau Indians of 

 Labrador murdered two families consisting of eight 

 persons, one of them a woman, at Indian Tickle, a fishing 

 station on the coast. The Indians retaliated for having 

 been publicly whipped for stealing. This is the first in- 

 stance of criminal or troublesome conduct among the Es- 

 quimaux in Labrador in the memory of the oldest fisher- 

 men, and the efi'eel of the unfortunate circumstance will 

 probably be disadvantageous!^ 1 felt for years to come. 



—The ball of the Royal Canadian Yacht Club was cue ,.|' 

 ihe most agreeable affairs ever held in Canada. 



Cucedmoor. — The last regular contest of the season 

 came off last Saturday at Crcedmoor for the Turf, Field 

 and Farm challenge badge. The competitors embraced the 

 bfi?C contestants in the Amateur and National Rifle Asso- 

 ciations, but Mr. O'Kelly has again been the fortunate 

 victor. According to the terms on which His offered it is 



1 ! IfJwtn it three limes in order to retain it pet' 



manently. It is shot for at the 300 yards range, with any 

 rifle; position standing. Among the competitors was J. 

 F. Milner, the celebrated shot of the Irish team. The 

 contest was a very close oue, and resulted in a lie between 

 Lieutenant F. AV. lloelle and Mr. J. J. O'Kelly. Loth 

 gentlemen scored sixteen points. Lieutenant lloelle, in 

 shOOling nil' the tie, made an outer, and Mr. O'Kelly 

 making a centre, was declared Mlowinncr, .Mr. J. T. B. 

 Collins and Mr, 11. 11 Madison lied for the third prize. Hav- 

 ing shot off, Mr. Collins was declared the winner. Colonel 

 Gildcrsleovd, in presenting tin: badge to .Mr. O'Kelly, com- 

 plimented him on being the only marksman who had suc- 

 ceeded in carrying oil' the badge in two successive matches. 

 The following are the scores made by ihe two contestants : 



fTamt . Total. 



ICfdly Viii 3 i 10 



i .t •• a J 1W 



IS 



1' V. I|. .■■:!,: 



t .i •; a t 





a a s s a 



E. It. Stsrti 



.; 3 ■■■ 3 :: 





4 .1 :i a ■■: 





:■■ -J 3 :: 1 



11. A. (iildersiouc 



9 i 1 •; 3 



•1. Holland 



a a S 3 1 



t'unCiin It.irker 



1 -J 1 •! a 



S.r.. t.l.ce 



U 3 8 i t 



Colon. 1 C. XV. WiilL'-ifi' ... 



... a -J a :t 3 



it S Jewell 



... 2 3 8 : 1 





1 .1 ■: .1 -J 



I. ,l. Price 



383 as 



C;i|.nin II. 11. smiih 



S&4S3 



li. 10. Valentine 



2 8 28 3 



P. I.;irk 



SiMS 



See.', Mm XV. S. Collins 



a 53 8 a 



XV. I'. I'M, mm. 1st. .IK' 



z a a s s 



Semi-ant Itemmd 



8 2JS28 



J, xv Gardner 



a a a :i :i 



A. XX' Mitchell 



s a S 4 2 



0, r. Rbbbifls 



SS82U 



L. 0. Brncu 



3 2 :! a 3 



.1. 11. XVnod 



2 4238 





2 2 3 2 3 



( apann V.m Rtnssetlaer 



2 2 322 



11. 11. Mi. I.I iv . . 



8 2 3*2 



L. Tiffanv 



3 3 3 2 



.X. .1. ll.-mmni,.Jr 



32222 



It. Bnrton 



n .1 :i 2 3 



G. G, Story 



r 3 S 3 3 



S. xv. Price 





'II. V. 1 -lima -ton 



3 3 2 



II Bechi 



22220 





3 2 2 



,l. P. Barrell 



0*033 



i'. t: flirt. >w 



2202(1 



J. B. Holland 



2 2 



Pro.mtt Action. — Tho Amateur Rifle Club held a spe- 

 cial meeting at the First Division Headquarters, in West 

 Thirteenth street, last week, Col. Wing-ate, the President, 

 in the chair. An amendment was made to the by-laws, 

 fixing the initiation fee at $10 on and after December 1. 

 The committee recently appointed to decide upon the dis- 

 position of Ihe silver cup presented to the club by Major 

 Leech, recommended that it be designated hereafter as the 

 "Leech Cup," and subjected to annual competition by the 

 members of the Amateur Rifle Club, the winner lo retain 

 it in his possession for one year. On motion of Lieut. 

 Fulton, it was resolved to request the National Rifle Asso- 

 ciation to appoint a committee to co-operate with Ihe Exe- 

 cutive Committee of the Amateur Rifle Club in making.the 

 necessary arrangements for the international match, to be 

 contested at Dublin in 1875. A committee of three was 

 appointed to raise a subscription among the members for 

 tbe purpose of providing a testimonial to be presented to 

 Lieut. Fulton, as a memento of the remarkable score made 

 by him at the late international match. After some further 

 routine business tbe meeting adjourned. 



The Catling Gun Controversy. — The recent contro- 

 versy between Colonel Laing, of the Seventy-ninth Regi- 

 meut, and the officers of the National Rifle Association, 

 relative to the proprietorship of the Catling gun offered at 

 the annual contest at Creed moor, has brought the following- 

 reply in response to the letter of Colonel Laiug, published 

 in our last issue : 



Office National Rifle Association, ) 

 New York, Nov. 23, 1874. f 

 Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Laing; Commanding Seventy-ninth 

 Begiment, W. ff. S, A". Y: 



Sir : We are in receipt of your lithographed letter of the 

 19th inst., informing us that you have reconsidered the 

 purpose you at one time entertained of resisting by legal 

 process the transfer to other hands of the Catling gun 

 which was last year entrusted to the keeping of" your 

 regiment. 



The officers of our Association have given no heed to the 

 report that you contemplated the action you have recon- 

 sidered, believing that you could not fail to reach the con- 

 clusion you htive when you remembered that the Gatling 

 gun was entrusted to your regiment in full reliance upon 

 your responsibility as soldiers and you honor as gentlemen. 

 The authorities whose full control of that prize you ac- 

 knowledged by accepting it at their hands, have this year 

 awarded it to others ; in accordrnce with the terms of the 

 match in which it was offered and the rules of the Asso- 

 cialiou, by which they were bound equally with you, and 

 to which 'you as well as they have given voluntary ad- 

 hesion. 



As to the control of that or of any other prize, we should 

 not, under any circumstances, cuter into a contest, legal or 

 otherwise. Our duty was done when we decided who was 

 entitled to the prize, under our rules and the conditions 

 governing the Gatling match. This decision was reached 

 by the unanimous vote of our Board, not that of a majority, 

 as you incorrectly state, upon each and all of the scores 

 disallowed under our rules, a majority of which scores 

 belonged to other regiments than the Seventy-ninth. 



To "answer your various objections to this decision in 

 detail is to continue a controversy which has already been 

 looprolraeled. We will only say that, litis unanimous 

 conclusion of our Hoard does not sustain you,r &t jktrte 

 Statement in regard to the circumstances which compelled 

 the exclusion of the scores of Privates Keller and lrwiu. 

 This match is the first case that has arisen where tbe score 



made by the representatives of any regiment has been dis- 

 puted, no, I imposes a most unpleasant duly upon Ihe Board 

 which they gladly would have avoided. As it is, a reference 

 to our rules will f show you the necessity we were under, 

 of either accepting a score which you yourself admit Mr. 

 Keller did not make, or of rejecting his score altogether. 

 If his score was correct if should' have been allowed to 

 stand ; if incorrect, it was because his ticket had been 

 altered— as you agree With us it had been— and such altera- 

 tion under out rules compelled the rejection of tbe ticket 

 id together. 



Mr. Irwin's score was disallowed by the statistical officer, 

 General Woodward, with four other scores ill other regi- 

 menls, because of shooting at Ihe wrong target, and the. 

 Board, after a most, thorough investigation, voted unani- 

 mously lo sustain that officer's action. Your suggestion 

 that the tickets of all Ihe compel i tors should be examined 

 tostewho shot at Ihe wrong target, is a good one, and 

 was followed in this case, ail the scores made at the wrong 

 targets being disallowed. 



Having reached our conclusions, in regard to the score to 

 be allowed in the. Gatling match, by a unanimous vote, 

 after a most thorough and patient investigation, we see no 

 reason to alter those conclusions, however we may regret 

 thai Ihey should be displeasing to SO gallant a regiment as 

 the Seventy-ninth. We are anxious that the matches at, 

 Crcedmoor shall not be made the occasion of unpleasant 

 controversy, and it is to avoid this that we adhere rigidly 



to •lute's. If there has been any laxity heretofore, it 



neither can nor should be admitted as a precedent for the 

 future. 



On behalf of the National Rifle Association, 



"Wit. C. Ciicneii, President. 



Henuv A. Gildkrsleeve, Secretary. 



—The officers of the Twelfth Regiment, Colonel John 

 Ward commanding, contested for the I3oylan badge, open 

 only lo the officers of that command, last week. Lieut. 

 Charles Heizman, of Company B, was the winner for the 

 second time. This match was the concluding contest in 

 Ibis command for the season. 



—At a recent meeting of the officers of Ihe Second Regi- 

 ment, Connecticut, N. G., it was resolved to send a team 

 to contest in the all comers' match at the rifle tournament 

 at Creedmoor, Long Island, next year. During the in- 

 terim the members of the regiment will practice at different 

 distances, and from the number making the best average 

 scsres a team will be selected. 



Generous —Our excellent cotemporary, La Vie Sjiortke, 

 of Paris, has made out our people to be very generous in- 

 deed by its assertion that the moment the Amateur Rifle 

 Club accepted Ihe challenge to shoot the Irishmen in Dub- 

 lin next year the amount of money necessary to defray all 

 expenses to the Green Isle was made up immediately by 

 our citizens. 



This is a little premature, but we hope ere the time for 

 action arrives that the assertion will be fulfilled. 



— The Hon. A. T. Brinsmade, President of the Na- 

 tional Sportsmen 'sAssociation has issued an address in 

 which he reviews the motives for calling the last Conven- 

 tion at Niagara, and the resolutions adopted thereat. 

 These were printed In our columns at the time of their 

 passage. In conclusion he calls upon all sportsmen, clubs, 

 and other organizations to aid in carrying out the tenor of 

 the resolutions then adopted, and hopes that the next as- 

 semblage which meets in Cleveland, Ohio, in June 1875, 

 will have delegates from every State and Territory in the 

 Union. 



Attention Amateur Clubs. — A Philadelphia corres- 

 pondent sends us the following letter, and as he seems to 

 think his proposition worthy the consideration of the 

 amateur clubs, we call their attention to the matter : 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



In a late issue of your paper is an item which might bo 

 worthy of your notice. It is the report on the match be- 

 tween the 'New York Rifle Corps and Jersey Rifle OOfpH, 

 at Union Hill on October 2'J last. The score, on -pairo 5, is 

 easy to understand without a knowledge of the language. 

 Each marksman was allowed 10 shots, distance 600 feel, 

 target divided in 25 half-Inch rings, rings 20-35 in the 

 black, (bull's eye). The report closes with the remark that 

 the two corps can put forward a number of marksmen who 

 could well compete with. Ihe celebrated American Team of 

 Creedmoor (('«., at 200 yards distance, as I understand it). 

 It might be worth the while to inform (he Amateur Club 

 of this boast, and have tbe United Seheulzen Associa- 

 tion (the New York and Nexv Jersey Rifle Corps united), 

 challenged by them. A von Lehman. 



— Wc acknowledge the compliment of a visit from Capt. 

 Parker Gillmoro, of England, author of "Gun, Rod, and 

 Saddle," and other works. 



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A Testimony in Favor of Altered Guns. — A Coruilb, 

 Miss., correspondent sends us the following, which we 

 print to serve many inquiries: — 



B) i 



or. F..] 



shot my filtered gun— alteration by Clark & Sncidcr — tor 

 some time, at. a variety of game, and with all sizes of shot, I can safely 

 say thai, in the working and shooting tt Is all that I conlfl wish. It Is 

 si ill perfectly tlgttt in the locking, and firm and steady as It was when it 

 came from the shop. I prefer it to either of two other breech loaders 

 tliat I have used lor several past, seasons. It was an excellent gun as a 

 muzzle loader, Hot 9SH breechloader is an extraordinary gun, both for 

 pattern and penetration. T have been shooting the Oriental powder- 

 perhaps an imitation— and it fouls a gun like the very mischief, Mr. Jos. 

 W. Long tothc contrary notwithstanding. Fideltisbook on the "Dnck." 



— Some Jive men tried to shoot blindfolded at a target 

 having a sounding board attached last Saturday at Staten 

 Island, and they did enough to prove that such work is 

 dissipating time, though "they suppose that they have 

 proved that one can shoot well from tbe sense of bearing 

 alone, and without seeing the object aimed at. 



—A Southern writer deplores the cheapness of shot guns, 

 powder and lead, lie says the shooting of inseeliverous 

 birds has this year cost Alabama alone more than $10,01)0,- 

 000 in the ravages done by the cotton caterpillar. 



