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FOREST AND STREAM. 



good old subject. Tie 



ison, Te; 

 nnd la on 



Emporia 



crock shot, iia Is also bin non Al, who is one of 

 II r. Win. Garlock. mauler mechanic at Dcn- 

 wild turkeys and chickens with great pleasure, 

 n. Mr. M. P, Cogswell, contracting agent at 

 et of Eorigst and Stream, is a One shot, and 

 . owns a tine breech louder and good dog, and 

 "■' " '? IOC* "f mu Neosho Valley, and can take you to quull and 

 duck grounds at any time. And so can Pete Burns, onr track master on 

 the Neosho Division. Mr. L. Stafford, mid Geo. Yost, track musters, 

 also arc hot 1 ! good shot-- and own breech loaders, Conductors P. T>. 

 Watson nnd J. II, Doyle you will find in the Held with their dogs mid 

 guns, whenever Iney can <_ r i i a day off. Some of our station agents are 

 thorough tporlsmen, and aivnffue dogs and guns. Mr. Dorwiu, our 

 i.ienciul Passenger Agent, does not shoot much, hut he lakes particular 



t BOt alter the interests of spnrtsmcn going over our road. In 



fact ;i .-purismim is welcome among us SU, He is one of us as soon as. 

 Kmrwi. Whenever] can get a few days off I generally make for the 

 Neosho Valley, whete <|iiail, rabbits, chickens ami ducks urs very plen- 

 lifal. rniring snipe season there are millions of them. The station 

 agenU are all on the BoOOl, and I always have a splendid time. 



So far as the transportation °* sportsmen is concerned, we try to please 

 always, ami when 1 can do anything personally towards their corarort it 

 is a pleasure. As for the transportation of hunting dogs, our baggage 

 u to exert themselves to do their best. Some of our dogs are 

 on the cars continually, and accompany bnggaee men over the road as a 

 sort of recreation. Mr. Woi-dwardY. dogs used often to make pleasure 

 trips from point to point alone. ' Therefore, there seems to he a sort of 

 mutual folding betn eVn hunting clogs and all or our employes generally, 

 If you should have any iutpiirlos from any parlies or persons desiring to 



I 01 .i our way, I will he glad to correspond with them, and give 



thum what infoiim.iioii I can in the way of advice, Ac. Their dogs will 

 be taken good care of, 1 inn free to kjj , nnd I for one will try and jtisto 

 their trip pleasant, officially and personally. I have had some splendid 

 trips down in the heautirul Indian Territory, among the wild turkeys, 

 (.Where 1 time seed thum in great droves) and deer and prairie chicken. 

 It is a beamiful country, and fail of game of many varieties, splendidly 

 watered by riven hotaiarge and amall.well timbered, and a mild cli- 

 mate. Quail nhootlne; fiWi around Sedalia is Hue. Two of us often 

 make a bog of fronitu, niy to thirty quail a day, not including half a 

 dozen chickens and ducks. 1 can say that the sportmen will tind friends 

 aud a welcome in any town on this line among the fraicrniiy. 



Jas, D. Brown", G. T. A. 



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LOADING GUNS. 



[y no; for ir that 

 cred such num- 

 .r wanton sport, 



difficult of cap- 



ibnbly'that man 

 a killing thirty 

 i of the year he 



WANTON SLAUGHTER. 



Xciv York, December 21, 1874, 

 Editor Forkst a>"o Stream: — 



I was plea-ed to Bee in your issue of the 17th inst. the remarks of ilis 

 approbation you made about the killing of the great Northern Diver, de- 

 scribe! by Mr Hourdiuan. He stated lhat the. Indian, In about an hour, 

 killed thirty birds. Permit me to »sk for what reason or purpose did Iho 

 Indian kill them? Was it for food? I fancy not. lie innst indeed Have 

 been driven to lite verge or starvation to kill them for sustenance, Wil- 

 son says -'they are never eaten," and 1 v 

 llesh is very unpalatable, tough and rank 

 think so, although in some urctic couulrii 

 for clothing. Was it for (lie soke of Bolctii 

 had been the. object in view he would ne\ 

 hers. But I think I can conjecture the re, 

 and the honor of having killed so many t 



j ture. It is a sad fact that people calling 



[ their abilities according to quantity and n 

 thought he was doing an act of unpree. 



? loons at an air hole in the ice, when at a 

 ild have been unable to obtain one w 



.' cruel, U5 8 ell as cowardly, to attack poor birds whiie in such a help- 

 state, they being entirely deprived of their natural means of defense 



j — i. s. escape. Now. if that Indtan was able at any season besides Win- 

 ter to shoot a single loon in the water with a rille, I should admire him 

 for his skill; hut, I cannot do otherwise than dcprecatcl.be mode he 

 adopted to kill so many harmless creatures. I say harmless, for I know 

 of no case where they have been injurious to man , 



Again, the boa's cry is one of the wildest, but not unpleasant sounds 

 heard in the woods, to my thinking. Last Slimmer I spent some time 

 111 Hie Adironducks, mid I delighted to hear the cry, for at times it tilled 



The great Northern Divot Is one or the handsomest birds we have; but 

 ifit is allaekedand killed in such numbers, -when unable to escape, it 

 mil -.»m bi-rmii,! a nr/M uns It is no characteristic of a lover or na- 

 ture to lake lire wantonly; far from it. for betakes no more than is neces- 

 sary to accomplish the im-reuse of knowledge, which is the end of science. 



I hope. Mr. Editor, yon will always, through your columns, show that 

 the pleasure and merit in sporting lie in the intelligence displayed in 

 strategy and the skill used in capture. And on the other hand, cry down 

 all wauton cruelty attending sport, for then it rather debases than ele- 

 vates the true sportsman. C. H. Baole. 



Boston, December IS, 1ST 1. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



In your issue of November 13th your correspondent "Side Lever," in a 

 very sensible article or. "Loading Guns," occupies, as I believe, an un- 

 tenable position, in assuming that a guu chambered without, a square 

 shoulder is unworty of notice. My own experiments, though not very ex- 

 tensive, have led me to exactly the opposite conclusion, and as the mat- 

 ter possesses some interest possibly for sportsmen, us wellas gunmakers, 

 I will trouble you with a few thoughts on the subject, hoping to hear 

 from some of our friends— unless, Mr. Editor, you may dread the possi- 

 bility of a profitless and Interminable discussion. 



"Side Lever" says he is a complete convert to a certain system of bor- 

 ihg practiced In England, numiug one llrm in particular whose guns all 

 will admit rank deservedly high. I should be pleased to know what that 

 system is, and will venture the assertion that ir he will carefully examine 

 any dozen or more or guns, from the finest quality down, by any of the 

 English makers best known here, from the fact of their gnus being im- 

 ported in quantities, he will find long chambers and short, deep shoul- 

 tjera and shallow, and Anally, some amongst even the finest with the 

 despised, contracted taper, with no shoulder whatever. On .any of 

 these plans, possibly now and then a gun may shoot well, and I refer to 

 it only as showing that cveu the best Engli.-h makers have, us yet, no 

 exclusive, well established system, par excellence. This is in some de- 

 gree digressive. 



Again, "Side Lever" says; "U the shell is put iuabore made the same 

 siM as the inside of the shell, from the muzzle to withiu three and one- 

 hair inches ot the breech race, &c." Now, ir I correctly understand that 

 proposition, I can only nay that I have never rnet with agnu bored in that 

 manner, and have no des re to, believing it would be perfectly useless as 

 n breech loader. It is not necessary .to have a bore of this description 

 for the taper, any more thau for the square shoulder plan; and yet, if I 

 am not mistaken, this is a lair deduction from "Side Lever's" statement. 

 There is. u certain conservative sentiment, I am perfectly aware, in the 

 minds of many good sportsmen, arisiug in most cases from cherished 

 memories of some favorite muzzle loaders, in favor of a perfect continu- 

 ous cylinder from breech to muzzle. This, in breech loaders, Is not pos- 

 sible. A perfect li! calibre breech loader, for instance, should gauge al- 

 most immediately from the termination of its chamber to its muzzle, 13, 

 aud a 10 calibre, 11. The inside ot a 12 metal shell gauges 11, aud a 10 

 metal shell, 51. Now, ir these are fitted even as "Side Lever" desires, 

 with the utmost care and accuracy, there must still be a rapid taper or 

 contraction from the shoulder to main ban-el, or we should have the gun 

 which "Side Lever" supposes, gauging at its muzzle to coincide with 

 the inside of its shells, viz: 9, in what is usually called a 10 gauge, and 11 

 in a IS. Such a gun could not be made to shoot with any reasonable de- 

 gree of strength. It is evideut, then, that there must be rapid taper 

 from chamber lo barrel. Then why shoulder at all? I have for the past 

 year shot a gnn bored on the taper principle, for a metal shell which tits 

 at its edge, jtt'st tightly enough into the mouth or commencement of the 

 taper as to bu perfectly gas tight. I can also use the paper shell (always 

 doing so iu upland shooting) by turning it down well, fludiug that the 

 rapid explosive force of the charge forces the paper when thus turned 

 down to till more lightly the gradual taper than when not turned at all, 

 so that even with these shells 1 have not experienced any trouble from 

 leakage. 1 have owned, in their day, muzzle loaders of the best quality, 

 Ly the most noted English makers, and in latter days several capital 

 breech loaders; but the gun 1 refer to is by fur the best I have ever shot, 

 and I am sutit lied that a proper taper is better than the best shoulder. I 

 feel the more conlldent in my opiuiou, from the fact that the deductions 

 from my limited experiments are more than continued by those of the 

 well kuown gunsmith of our city, Mr. We. R. Schaefer, the maker ot 

 the gun alluded to above, whosetests have been both extensive in num- 

 ber aud exhaustive in character, and have lead him to abandon entirely 

 the square shoulder in favor of the taper or contractive plan, lie has 

 lately altered quite a number of the finest guns for several of our be»t 

 sportsmen, and with a marked improvement in every instance. I do uot 

 know the exact scale of his taper, but have the impression that it differs 

 from the English materially. The taper has one more advantage, ill be- 

 ing easily kept clean, which cannot he predicated of any square shoul- 

 der. Other ideas suggest themselves, but I have already occupied loo 

 much of your space and patience, aud will conclude by hoping that "Side 

 Lever" may be induced some time to give a guu chambered on the 

 Schaefer plan a fair trial, in which case I am convinced he will 

 abandon the square shoulder in toto. Under Grip. 



RUBANS D'ACIER. 



New York, December 21, 1674. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



1 notice in your issue of this week lhat one of your correspondents un 

 dsrtakes to answer the questions of "N. B." about his Bu bans Ducier 

 guu. Either your correspondent writes ironically, or has misunderstood 

 "N. B. V questions. To my idea the whole difficulty arises from the 

 flting spelling of the words. Bubans Dueler, which are French, and be- 



ii- illy written Kuban* D'acier, signify in English "laminated 



liny being established, it is cany to let "N. B." know the proper 

 w ay of loading a guu of the OlmswdOM given, ami the kind of game be 

 wot with it, your* truly, 



Eijitor Foitusi an: 

 I send you I he sec 

 Four hundred birds 

 brought down eight 

 is Iho score: 



JLutsiiAiATOWN, Iowa, December 21th, 1S74. 

 i Stream :— 



•e or a shoot which was had iu this city on the 22d, 

 were provided for the occasion. William Barnes 

 out of ten birds, and won the $25 prize. Below 



Twenty-eight yards. 



Tolnl 



Killed. Total! 



H. F. William! 



II. Heed 



J. K. O'Neal.. 



John O. Heal... 

 R. H.Barnhnrt.. 

 II. A. Gtrhart.. 

 Will Wesson.... 



J.Uhickbnrn. . 

 S. L. Smhh 



10 | A. Westcott,. 

 Twenty-six yards. 



10 j II. Anson 



Ill E. A. Abbolt.. 

 10 | S. II. Anson.. 

 Twenty-three yards. 



10 | P. W «od r ull 



10 | 



Twenty-one yards. 

 10 I E, Sburtz. 

 10 Johnf'.ideaiix 

 10 j Jetry F< .., 

 10 I tienrgu Will 

 10 Will" 



Killed. Total. 



iey.. 



10 | F, IT. 



■old.. 



3 



Eight. 



10 I C. Campbell 7 10 



lOlM.O.Keed ....2 10 



In shooting off ties:— First prize, William Barnes; second, Hank An- 

 son; third, divided between R. H. Barnhart anil F. IT. Griswold; fourth, 

 J. K. O'Neal; fifth, between P. Woodruff and .1. Blackburn; sixth, be- 

 tween S. Anson anil J.Forney. Referee, . I. J. Welsh. Scorer, a repre- 

 sentative of Forest and Stream. There was about a root of snow on 

 the ground, which fact accounts for the poor scores, the white birds be- 

 ing very hard to see. The shooting was from a groand trap, at the dis- 

 tances named above. Yours, J. E. Hinkiques. 



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— The "Sinissippi Club," of Rockford, Illinois, has 

 elected the following officers and directors:— President, W. 

 D. MeAffce; Vice President, A. C.Spafford; Secretary and 

 Treasurer, H. P. Holland. Directors — J. R. Perkins, W. 

 D. McAffee, Geo. Lincoln, E. N. Hill, H. P. Holland, A. 

 C. Spafford, and D. W. Miller. The Club now numbers 

 about 200 members, and they are all pledged to each other 

 to aid iu prosecuting and punishing all persons who unlaw- 

 fully seine for fish in. Rock River or its tributaries, or hunt 

 for game at other thau the times prescribed by law. 



§ntiond §d§titmH. 



—Skating was permitted on the Central Paik lakes for 

 the first time tins Winter on Saturday, December 2Gth, 

 when there was quite a rush to the park. By night the ice 

 was cut up so as to be useless, and since then the thaw has 

 prevented any resumption of the sport. At the Capitoline 

 Lake, Brooklyn, there was excellent skating all last week, 

 up to Saturday night, when the ball went down. At Pros- 

 pect Park there has not yet been any skatiag, Central Park 

 for once getting the lead of Brooklyn. 



—The President of the Amateur Base Ball Association 

 has appointed the following delegates to Hie recent conven- 

 tion on the several committees : 



On Rules— Messrs. Darling, Kelly, Blodget, Hooper and 

 Carpenter. 



On Printing— Messrs. Carpenter, Rowe and Clark. 



On Nominations — Messrs. Cummings, Geer and Ren- 

 necke. 



Judiciary — Messrs. Hagner, Myers, Dawson, Maine, 

 Moran, Stone, Hovey, Johnson and Hill. 



On Basis of Representation — Messrs. Kelly, McCormick, 

 Irving, Stockman, O'Rourke, Murphy, Colwell, Mulcahey, 

 PuTcell, Lamarache and Davidson. 



On Junior Branch— Messrs. Dillon, Hayes and Gasland. 



— Curling was indulged in by the Brooklyn clubs during 

 last week, and a lively programme was prepared for the 

 week before New Years, but the thaw which set in on Sat- 

 urday stopped all the fun. 



—The following club matches have been arranged for the 

 season of 1874-5 by the Grand National Curling Club, the 

 winners of each to receive a medal: Caledonian of New 

 York against Yonkers, Burns of New York against Thistle 

 of Brooklyn, New York against St. Andrews of New York, 

 Caledonian of Brooklyn against Thistle of New York, Jer- 

 sey City of New Jersey against Empire City of New York, 

 Fatei'Bon of New Jersey against Ivanhoe of" Palerson, Burns 

 of Ojjdetwburgh. N, Y, against Four Brothers of Canada, 

 Csledouian of Buffalo ftjt&lns! Hm; ; ;' ( !Ji ■ n ijiwjd, Tbietle 



of Detroit against Orchard Lake of Michigan, Granite of 

 Detroit against Thistle of Chicago, Milwaukee against Chi- 

 cago. The great game of the season between the North 

 and South will be played, if the ice permits, on January 

 7th, and will embrace members from every club, entries to 

 which close on January 4th. 



—On Wednesday, January 6, Maurice Vignaux and Jo- 

 seph Dion are to contest for the championship medal won 

 by the former at the late tournament. The match will be 

 played at Tammany Hall, and a. close contest and fine dis- 

 play of the beauties of the French three-ball game is an- 

 ticipated. 



OtfBBS DtuECToitY.— For the information of chess 

 players visiting the metropolis, we publish the follow 

 ing directory of chess resorts in New York, Brooklyn and 

 Jersey City, etc. : 



Chess Players' Heaquarters — Cafe International, 294 

 Bowery. 



Chess Up-Town — Knickerbocker Cottage, 467 Sixth 

 avenue. 



Down-Town Chess Club— Cafe Cosmopolitan, 1| Second 



Turner Hall Chess Club— Nos. OG and 08 East Fourth 

 street. 



Brooklyn Chess Club— Mercantile Library, Montaguo 

 street- 

 Jersey City Chess Club — No. 81 Montgomery street. 



Crossen &, Libaire's Chess Booms — Corner" Nassau and 

 Fulton streets. 



New Brighton Club— At Captain Taylor's, Tompkinsville 

 avenue. 



Christian Union Rooms— Fulton avenue, opposite Elm 

 Place, Brooklyn. 



The New Cafe Touhkey.— The moves on the boards of 

 tbe Cafe Tourney add about two or three games a week to 

 the record,, instead of ten times the number, aud the result 

 is tedious progress. 



The Brooklyn Club.— Dr. Barnett still leads in the 

 Brooklyn Chess Club tourney. Saturday nights the rooms 

 arc well attended, but not so frequently during other 

 nights of the week. 



A New Chess Magazine.— It is stated that Mr. Charles 

 A. Alberg contemplates starting a new chess magazine, to 

 be called The American Chess World. No one is more com- 

 petent for the task, and with the facilities he possesses in 

 his unequalled library of chess works, and his practical 

 knowledge of everything appertaining to the game, the 

 magazine would no doubt be a success. It will be issued 

 from New York. He will be assisted by several chess 

 writers, including Mr. M. Monroe. 



The New Bjuguton Clttb Totjkkey.— The tourney in 

 progress at Captain Taylor's residence is rapidly reaching 

 an interesting point. Thus far the Captain has the lead, 

 with 17 victories and but 3 defeats, Mr. Heydenriech hav- 

 ing the same record of victories, but one more defeat. 

 Next to him stands Mr. Kechsle, with 13 won games and 6 

 lost, and Mr. Bagley with 9 victories and 7 defeats. All 

 the others have lost more than they have wou. 



A Tough Phoblem.— The Hartford Ttmes'm its Christmas 

 number gives diagrames of a set of problems which are to 

 be solved in " a quarter of a move," a half a move, three 

 quarters of a move. One of the problems necessarily is, 

 What is a quarter of a move ? 



—The Cleveland, (Ohio), Chess Club has reorganized, 

 with thirty-five members, R. D. Updegriff, Esq., President. 

 The club will extend a hearty welcome to chess players 

 who may give them a call. 



—The Governor General of Canada has presented a 

 handsome medal to the Studley Quoit Club, they defeating 

 all competitors in the matches of last year. The medal is 

 of massive silver, bearing on the obverse a portrait of 

 Countess Dufferin, surrounded by the inscription " Earl of 

 Dufferin, K. P., K. C. B., 1878,"'on the reverse theDuffcrin 

 coat of arms, and the motto "per vias rectus." The rim of 

 the medal bears the inscription " Presented by His Excel- 

 lency the Governor General. Studley Club, 1874." A gen- 

 tleman who is so devoted to fostering physical prowess 

 ought to be popular. 



Another letter from Muskoka, written by Francis Jenk- 

 ins, and dated Dec. 5, says: "1 have shot eighty-three 

 deer, three bears, and six wolves this Fall, and the best 

 time is to come for deer shooting, besides fur, otter, mar- 

 ten, mink, and other small furs. On Monday I am off for 

 a three weeks' camp with two young gentlemen from New 

 York." 



—When Mr. James Addy was elected Captain of the 

 Port Hope Base Ball club, he accepted upon condition that 

 swearing and intoxicating liquors should be prohibited on 

 the ground and at all meetings of the club. The terms 

 were complied with and strictly enforced. This example 

 is worthy of imitation. 



— "Bendigo," formerly a prize fighter, and champion of 

 England, delivered a religious address recently to a crowded 

 audience at the London Cabmens' Missions, at King's 

 Cross, He says he was converted two years ago as if by a 

 miracle. 



— At a recent meeting of the Gait club Ihe following 

 officers were elected : Patron, James Young, Esq., M. P.; 

 President, Thomas Eastern; Vice President, Andrew Reid; 

 Secretary and Treasurer. Robert Easton; Committee of 

 Management, Robert Reid, John Mitchell and Alexander 

 Mills, Representative Member, George Denholm. In Ihe 

 International Bonspiel, which will take place in February, 

 the club will be represented by two rinks. — Canadian 

 Sportsman. 



A farmer named Bernier, of Ste. Brigite de Laval, while 

 out shooting partridge recently, found himself suddenly 

 face to face with a panther, seven feet long, which he shot 

 on the spot. 



—Belleville Curling Club is pitted against the Port Hope 

 Club this season, to play for the Royal Caledonian medal. 



—The Loudon Curling Club \uw «c«ur^ 3 new rink, 



