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FOREST AND STREAM, 



[JtjKb 9, 1881. 



during hall or Breslin's Hotel Brighton, when the credentials of 

 delegates will be received and the Convention organized. Dele-' 

 :-ro,h:ir< ,-,■;■ -,M My ivqik'siod In wear (heir club k-nVeu during 

 tho Convention. 6 b 



All the contests for p-izes during the Convention are open to 

 members ol the Aseooiatiou only, aud will be conducted under the 

 rules of the Association. 



Special Notice^ to Clubs.— Express tents and bulky baggage to 

 "lour; Inland Sportsmen's Association" care Win" Engenian, 

 Coney Island, N. Y. 



SECOND BAY— TUESDiV, JOTE 21. 

 Contest No. 1.— At S o'clock a. m.; class BUoot ; ten single birds : 

 oritraiee fee, $5. Class A, or first class of ties.— Fii St prize : 

 Brooklyn Furniture Company, one parlor suit of eleven pieces ; 

 value, $.1,000; second prize : $50 gold. Class B, or second Class 

 of ties.— First prize ; Daly pm, Sehoverling, Daly & Gales, 81 

 Chambers street, New York, $225; second prize . $-'-0gold. Class C, 

 or (bird class of tics.— Fir-t, prize : suit of clothes, 8. L. Pettit &Co., 

 SHIltl ; second prize : $20 gold. Class D, or fourth class of ties.— 

 First prize ; regulator clock, Benedict Bros., SCO; second prize: 



Contest No. 2.— Amateur Match. Open to those never having 

 >von a prize at this or any previous convention of the Association 

 u a contest for which entrance has been charged ; class shoot ; 

 seven single birds: entrance fee. §5. Class A, or first class of 

 ties.— First prize: Parka-gnu, Parker Bros., Meriden, Conn., $250; 

 second prize : Pomeslie Sewing machine, Henry Bristow, Brooklyn 

 agency. $75. 01(188 B. or second class of tie's.— First prize : One 

 case of Nonpareil shirtings, P. C. Chamberlain, New York, 8200 ; 

 second prize • Old Judge tobacco or tdgarettes, Goodwin 4 LV. $50. 

 Class C, or third class of lk.->. — First, prize: Two pairs of Uobliinctl.e 

 Swiss lace curtains. \V. A H. Mum ford, Brooklyn, $100 ; 2d prize ; 

 Twenty-four gentlemen's dress shirts, Weehsler & Abraham, S76. 

 Class D. or fourth class of ties.— First prize : $10 gold ; second 

 prize : §5 gold. 



TBIBD DAY— WEDNESDAY, -JENE 22. 



Contest No. 3. — At 8 o'clock a. jr., or upon completion of pre- 

 vious shoots ; -mole trip shoot ; fierce Diamond badge. Class A, 

 or first class of ties.— Prize : The badtte, to be held by the winner 

 each year in trust, and to be accounted for to the State Associa- 

 tion. The winner to receive the entrance fees at the next annual 

 contest; entrance fee. 810. Class B. or I'd c.Iiihs of ties— Prize : * J 00 

 gold. Class C, or third class of tics.— Prize : $50 gold. Class D, 

 or fourth class of ties. — Prize : One case Curtis <t Harvey's pow- 

 der, E. H. Madison, Brooklyn. 



Contest No. 4 (on conclusion previous shoof).— Tendouhlc rises ; 

 class shoot: entrance fee, $5. First prize :" Bronze piece, "An 

 American Huuter on Horseback shooting a Bison." the lie Hoy 

 Shot aud Lead Manufacturing Company, New York, $800 ; second 

 prize : Schilling gnu. Win. Bead A Rons, Boston Muss : case do- 

 nated by Schuvlor & Dunne, New York, SS125) third prize : Elabor- 

 - ate babv carnage, also two children's " Tallv-Ho" suikevs. C. W. 

 F. Dare. New York, $75 : fourth pi ize. Suit of clothes, J.' Barnum 

 A. Son, New York, $50 ; fifth prize : $25 gold. 



rorana day-— tuuksdav, junk 23. 



Coutest No. 5.— At S o'clock ». ji., or on completion of previous 

 shoots ; claRs shoot : seven single birds ; entrance fee, $5. Class 

 A, or first class of ties.— First orize : gold watch, Tathaui ffi Bros., 

 N.-Y.,-»2,10; second prue: '-picturesque America." D. Appleton 

 A Co., $:,0. Cla-s B. or second class of lies.- First prize : Three 

 barrel Baker gnu, L. C. Smith. Syracuse. N. Y.. $250 ; second 

 prize : Pair Imrluan pheasants. Welch & Oreigbtoii, New York, $50. 

 Class C. or t l.ird class of ties. -First prize : Colt gun. Hodgkius & 

 Haigh. New York, 8150. Second prize ; Ebony wall cabinet, Heits 

 Bros.,. New York, $50. Class D. or fourth class of ties.— Fir»t 

 prize : 810 sjold - second prize : $5 gold. 



Contest No. K.— 2 p. in, or on completion of previous shoots; 

 not class shooting. First prize : Livingston Sportsmen's Associa- 

 .. lion Cup, donated by James W Wadsworth, Genesee, N. Y . $000 ; 

 second prize : Garden City Club trophy. Garden Citv Gun Club, 

 Hempstead, L. I., $150; third prize. .$20 gold : foil. th prize: 

 Cnee of 21 one pound cans Curtis A Harvey's powder, W. Stilt, 

 New York, agent. 



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For programme of the fly-casting, Thursday, June 23, see last 

 issue of this paper. 



FIFTH DAT — FUIDAT, .TUNE 24. 



Contest No. 7. —At 8 A. m.. or on completion of previous shoots ; 

 class shoot ; ten single birds ; entrance, $5. Class A, or first, class 

 of iies. First prize : Haintnerless breccb-l. nulmg shot gun. W. W. 

 Greener, Birmingham. Eueland, through Henry C. Squires, Ameri- 

 can agent, New York, $325: second prize: "Game Birds of 

 America," Charles Seribnor's Sons, $50. ClasB B, or second class 

 of ties. — First, prize: Case of cigars and cigarettes, Straiton A 

 Storm, New Sorts. $100 : second prize, violin bow and box, Dr. I. 

 C. Monroe. Brooklyn. $4u ; Ihird prize : One case of 24 one-pound 

 cane of Laflin A Bund powder. Lallin & Hand Powder Company, 

 New York. Class C. or third class Of ties.— First prize : Reming- 

 ton pm. K Remington ft sou. Dion. N. Y., $75; second prize: 

 suit of clothes, James Oliphant. New York, $50. Class D, or 4th 

 class of lies.- First prize : Bftfrigerator. McGill A Cooper, Brook- 

 lyn, E. D., 850 ; second prize . $10 gold. 



Contest No. S,— Not cla.i.s shooting. First prize : Dean Rich- 

 mond trophy. Second prize : The Star Stirrup Cup, Theodore B. 

 Starr, New York; $150 ; third prize ■ $30 gold. 

 Tress Shool. 



Contest, No. 9.— At the conclusion of the Dean Richmond Tro- 

 phy routes!,, Saturday. June 25, 1881, live single rises, open to 

 writers employed on the newspaper press and representatives of 

 sportsmen's papers. Entrance complimentary. First prize: 

 "Around the World with Central Giiiul," donated by the author, 

 John Russcl Young. $25 : second prize: Meerschaum pipe, John 

 E. I.enz, Brooklyn,' E. D., $25: tbiid prize: Morocco writing 

 desk", Sears A Col", New York, $25 ; fourth prize : One hundred 

 cigars. F. W. Mortens A Son, New York. $10. 

 Beat Acn-ar/e. 



For best average in contests ). 3,4 and 7, the Forest ksd 

 SniEAM ano lion ijD Gen medal, Forest and Stream Publishing 

 Company. New York, $100. 



Eest Cons&tuftee Scare. 



For best consecutive score of birds killed without miss during 

 the first week of the tournament. Open only to members of the 

 following clubs, viz.: "Monroe County." "D'ansvillo Sportsmen's 

 Club," Audubon Club, Rochester," "Rochester Gun Club," and 

 clubs of the Loin; Island Sportsmen's Association. Oil painting, 

 "Pair of Canvas Back Ducks." painted bv J. B. Stearns ; donated 

 hy M. A. Stearns, Dausville, N. Y., $260. 



B1FLE SUOOTINO. 



Thursday, June. 23. nl12 noun. Contest No 1.— Individual ; 



ten shols , : distance, iOOvards; off-hand: entrance, $5. First 

 prize : One ll< -nnngton. Creedtnoor, long range rifle, E. Reming- 

 ton A Bone, through A. Alfnrd, New York, $-0 ; second prize : 

 Special badge, A. U. Shepard. New Yoik, $30 ; third prize : Dash 

 lamp, Wm. Porter, Jr.. New York, $25: fomth prize : $5, gold. 



Contest No. 2.— Team shoot. Teams of three members of a 

 club belonging to the association : such members to bo residents' 

 of the county in which the club is located ; ten shots each mem- 

 ber ; distance, 100 yards : off-band ; entrance, $15 ' First prize : 

 Best aggregate score, the Nonpareil Spoiling Club Tankard, of 

 sterling silver, Nonpareil Sperling club, Brooklyn, $75 ; second 

 prize: Second host afgreeate score, the Tiffany cup of sterling 

 silver. Tiffany A Co., NewYoik, $75; third prize i TUiidhest ag- 

 gregate score, $15, gold. 



FritJav, June 24, at 12 noon.— Tax shots at the word; distance, 

 15 yards : string measure : entrance, $2. First prize : One fancy 

 revolver. Smith's 5-shet, f harlea J. Godfrey, New York, $15; sec- 

 ond prize : Two G}< pound kens Dupont's Eagle Duck Gunpowder, 

 New York., $15 ; Ihird prize : Two 6}{ pound kega Dnpont'e Choke 

 Bore Gunpowder. F. L. Eueeland, New York ; fourth prize i One 

 , waHeahle.iren, loading board, Faruhaw Loading Board Company, 



White Mills, Pa,, $8; fifth prize: One loading hoard of same 

 -Character and value as the last above prize, $3 ; sixth prize : $2, 

 gold. 



The illustrated programme of the week will be ready for delivery 

 before the convention, aud will contain an authenticated history 

 of the New York Slate Association for the Protection of Fish and 

 Game, with verified scores, prepared by Abel Crook, Esq., Presi- 

 dent of the association. Also a history of the Long Island Sports- 

 men's Association, prepared by E. N. Cook, Esq., the Correspond- 

 ing Secretary of the State Association. Also auillnstrated sketch 

 of Coney Island, prepared bv S. S. Couant. Esq., of Harper Bros., 

 from statistics furnished by Judge A. G. Cropsev, of New Utrecht, 

 and other appropriate matter. 



On conclusion of the foregoing contests, thi State Tournament 

 will stand adjourned, and the following contests w ill take place, 

 in which any member in good standing of any organized Club 

 within the United States of America may participate. 



These additional contests are by request of ninny friends of the 

 Now York Association, and the prizes are by consent of the douors, 

 most of whom have expressed a preference that their gifts should 

 be placed in an " Inter-State Tournament." The New York State 

 Association Shooting Rules, so far as they may be applicable, shall 

 govern. Contestants, in addition to entrance^ to pay cost of birds 

 shot at by them. 



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Contest No. 10.— At 9 o'clock a.m.: class ahoot ; ton single birds. 

 Entrance $5. Class A, or first class of ties.— First i nze : W. A 

 O. Scott gun, $150; second prize: Suit of clothes ; Treadwell, 

 Jorraan A Slote, Now York, $50. ClasB B, or 2d class of ties.— 

 First prize : Sterling silver dinner set, 30 pieces, F. A H. Lent- 

 merman, $100 ; second prize : Leather trunk gun ease. Thomson 

 A Sons, New York, $35. Class C. or 3d class of ties.-Fii-st prize : 

 Chest of tea, Robert Wells. $50: second prize : Three hundred 

 cigars, F. W. Mortens A Sons, New York, $30. Class D. or j|h 

 class of ties.— First prize : Split bamboo trout fly rod, B. E. 

 Nichols A Co., Boston, $25 ; second prize : Card's latest trap for 

 glass balls, W. H. Cruttenden. Cazeuovia, N. Y., $15. 



Contest No. 11,— On conclusion of previous shoot ; five double 

 rises; class shoot: entrance $5. Class A, or 1st class o tries. — 

 First prize : Bronze piece, representing an English woodcock ris- 

 ing from the marsh, McCoy and LaBrie, New York. $100 ; sec- 

 cond prize: One case specialties; donated by Pond's Extract Co., 

 Brooklyn, E. D., $50. Class B, or 2d class of ties.— First prize : 

 Henry Richards gun, manufactured by W. A C. Scott A Sous, 

 John P. Mooro's Sons. New York, 875 : Second prize : English 

 corduroy hunting suit, Edwin S. Harris, New York, $35. Class C, 

 or 3d class of ties.— No. fi, eight day, regulator clock, E. N. Welch 

 Manufacturing Co., New York, $25. 



TUESDAY, JUNE 28. 



Contest No. 12, — At 10 A. M. or conclusion of previous shoots. 

 Fifteen single birds and ten double rises. Eeutranee $25. Class 

 shoot. First prize : for leading aggregate score, $1,000, gold : 

 second prize : For second aggregate score, $500, gold ; third 

 prize : For third aggregate score, $300, gold ; fourth prize : For 

 fourth aggregate score, $200, gold. 



N. B. — Twenty-five per cent, of all the entries iu this coutest 

 will go to the Long Island Sportsmen's Association for expenses, 

 and the balance will be apportioned in above ratio, and the prizes 

 will be prorated by proportionate decrease if different entries he 

 not made to fill, aiid by ratable increase if entries shall exceed the 

 number necessary to fill. 



WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29. 



Contest No. 13.— At 10 o'clock a, at ; class Bhoot: five traps; 

 Hnrliugham rnleB ; ten birds to each contestant Entrance 85. 

 First prize : One Charles Mortimer guu, John W. Hutchinson, 

 New York, $75 ; second prize : Sole leather gun trunk and travel- 

 ing trunk combined, Crouch aud Fitzgerald, New Yoik. $25 : third 

 prize : Split bamboo, heavy Newport bass rod, John P. Moore's 

 Sons. New York. $20 : fourth prize I One split bamboo bass rod, 

 B. F. Nichols A Co., Boston, Mass., $20. 



Special Contest,— Flying clay pigeon and trap. On Friday, June 

 24, if time will permit. If conaest canuot be held on ihat'dav, it 

 will take place on completion of the Inter-State contests. Con- 

 ditions—Each contestant to shoot at ten (10) single clnv pigeons 

 and five (5) double rises. Rules of New York State Association to 

 govern, so far as applicable. Entrance, three dollars ($3). The 

 pigeons and traps are manufactured by Lignwski A Co. , 33 Vine 

 street, Cincinnati, Ohio. Class shooting.— First prize: $110. 

 gold ; second prize : One Ligowski trap and 1.000 clay pigeons. 

 Both above prizes are donated by the manufacturers. 



Extermination op Woodchdcks, — In une of vour March 

 numbers I noticed an article from " G. F. W.," stating 

 that he had used the pond turtle successfully in the extermi- 

 nation of woodchuck. His mode of operation was as follows: 

 To secure the turtle by tying a string to one of his legs arid 

 dropping a few drops of turpentine under his tail ; be would 

 then scramble into the hole and the woodchuck would conic 

 rusbimr out. I would like to state that I have carefully tried 

 i he experiment — not, once but many times — with various spe- 

 cies of tunics, and I find the receipt will not work, for two 

 reasons. In the first place the turpentine has not the desired 

 effect, and secondly, the turile will not eriter the woodchuck 

 hole, and cannot be forced to do so. I have grave doubts 

 that " 6. F. W." was ever successful, aud would like to hear 

 further from him.— W. B. L. 



A Tip obTwo to Woodcock SnooTEna— Avoid if possible 

 the country "gin mill." with its gang of loafers, bad liquor 

 and swarms of flies. When there is yet time locate in some 

 clean and wholesome farmhouse, where good food, quiet, and 

 a good night's rest will make up for supposed business. 

 Dress in a flaunt-1 shirt with a rolling collar, it being some- 

 what of a protection against the mosquitoes, and wear a light 

 linen shooting coat without sleeves. For pantaloons slout 

 flannel is the best. Light but strong laced ankle shoes, with 

 low, flat heel, and broad soles for the feet, and for Lhe head a 

 straw hat with crown high enough to stow away several leaves 

 Qf cabbage, or a small fiat sponge, which keep wet. And 

 remember that for keeping birds free from taint, there is 

 nothing equal to a wicker fish (reel, which is light and easily 

 kept out of the way on the hack by a couple of straps. 



In Oregon, the other day, a farmer scattered poison about 

 the holes of the ground squirrels, which are a great pest there. 

 The next morning he found a number of dead squirrels. The 

 second morning he found a dead crow that bad eaten of one 

 of the poisoned squirrels. The next morning he found a dead 

 skuuk that had eaten the crow that had eaten the squirrel 

 that had eaten the poison. 



Oregon. — A well-informed correspondent of the Portland 

 (Oregon) Rural J'resx, says that a good game law is impera- 

 tively demanded for that State. "The slaughter of deer 

 and birds is carried on unhindered through the months of 

 May, June and July, and in a few years the people will com- 

 plain of the scarcity of game where once the woods and 

 prairies were teeming with it. Only yesterday a boy was 

 hunting, aud boasted of shooting a lien grouse as she was 

 sitting on a nest of eggs." 



Foxes Relieving Each Othbp..— I could verify the state- 

 ment made in a recent issue of your paper, stating that the 

 red foxes when pursued by hounds will relieve each other, its 

 1 have often known them to do so. And hereabouts, where 

 the hunting is for sport entirely, and the- fox rarely killed, I 



think the foxes enjoy the sport quite as much as the others 

 engaged in it.— T. S. (West Chester, Pa.) 



Shooting Pumpkixs.— One way to learn to shoot movm<* 

 objects is thus told by Mr. C. O. Smith, of Tuscarora: 

 '•My father taught me to shoot on the run, long year< ago 

 when we were living in Chenang' county, and when I was 

 but a little boy. We would go out on a side hill, and my 

 father would roll a punipkn down it. AVhile it was under 

 way I fired, and I practised so constantly and patiently that 

 1 got so 1 could hit the vegetable every time. 1 did this so I 

 could learn to shoot a deer on the run, and it gave me excel- 

 lent practice and skill." 



Tennessee —Savannah, May 11 —Squirrels have been un- 

 usually plentiful this spring, and large numbers have been 

 shot. A couple of men came in this afternoon with twenty- 

 six. In about three weeks black mulberries will be ripe, and 

 at that lime, young squirrels will be fully grown, and can be 

 easily touted in the early moraine aud late afternoons feeding 

 in the mulberry' trees. A good many fiue gobblers have 

 been shot in the bottoms near here Ibis spring. — Will. 



Poisoning Quail. — A California paper says that quail are 

 very abundant in Santa Barbara county. In some places the 

 farmers are compelled to poison them in order to protect 

 their growing crops. Five acres of Lima beans were wholly 

 destroyed by these birds on one farm. 



Texas- Dallas, May 20.— Prairie-chicken, pheasants, grouse 

 and other small birds promise lo be plentiful. Many hun- 

 dreds of deer have been killed this season only for their'hides. 

 Such work should be stopped.— Reno. 



Long Island Sportsmen's Association.— A special meet- 

 ing will be held at the Royal Arcanum rooms, Friday even- 

 ing, June 3, at 8 o'clock, sharp. 



It is impossible to remain long sick or out, of health where Hop Bit- 

 ter., arc used. 



By the way, that reminds me— 



CAM anything equal the solemn grandeur of a forest at 

 night? Can anything approach Uie leeling of per- 

 fect solitude that steals over i he Acary sportsman as he wraps 

 his blanket about him and lies down to sleep in the wilder- 

 ness, while the pine trees murmur a lullaby? 



Well do 1 remember the first time I slept alou'ein lhe track- 

 less forest. The solemn stillness of Hie scene and the sense 



of utter isol 

 deeply, and I w 

 of vague unrest, 

 the general feeli 

 partly to the dc 

 crawled down 

 But, uow 1 :un B 



customed to lhe 



of my person bj 



Jtind impressed me 



also, I had a feeling 



from the rest of 

 ssacl. When I awoke, 



This r can explain. It i 

 g of stiffness which pervaded my frame, 'and 

 onslrations of a company of ants that had 



the 

 icver i 



lack of ray neck and started a caucus, 

 ad in the forest. I have become ac- 

 ig of loneliness, and the appropriation 

 forms of animal life has no novelty 

 aucau accustom himself to almost anything. 

 I have a friend who, when he awoke one morning and found 

 a rattlesnake comfortably established by his siiie, swore in 

 four different languages that the person who ever again fou' d 

 him tempting Providence by sleeping in the woods was 

 authorized to conduct him 'o the nearest lunalic asylum. 

 To-night that, man is snoring peacefully in the Adirondack 

 wilderness. 



Did you ever notice wiiat a difference a fire makes? I 

 have slept in the woods summer after summer for a mKuter 

 of years, but I can never build a camp-fire at night without 

 watching the change which it works u- on the surrounding 

 forest Before the lire, is lighted you feel like a pigmy — a 

 nothing — in the sombre v-istness; "but. touch a mutch to the 

 collected dry leaves and twigs, and what, a change ! A world 

 of your own is immediately created, aglow with the warm, 

 red* light, and limited bythe surrounding gloom. It seems as 

 though this small portion of the wilderness was your own, 

 and the loneliness which you may have felt is gone, dispelled 

 by the cheerful light of the camp-fire. I love to lie wilhin 

 this circle of light and watch the sparks as they rise through 

 the branches lo die out in the blue heaven beyond, and I 

 have often thought that if a man wants to think, with his 

 mind free from all outside influences, the place to d-> it is 

 encamped in some grand old forest and lhe time — 



" Silent night, peaceful night." Sam. 



Ttte tales of great slaughter on turkeys, recently narra ed 

 in Forest and Stuf.a.m. by "Splasher" aud "J. II. J," 

 bring back to my memory lhe circuuislaucesof anotewonhy 

 s'ugie sivt I made long ago. It is about fifteen years since I 

 and another boy, W. W.; both flowing over with love for 

 shooting, took a periodical tramp to Irondequoit Bay to hunt 

 ducks. I say "hunt," for we seldom shot more than one a 

 day, but enjoyed rowing up on the docks and blazing al them 

 with our ligbfl Single ba rels. On the ever-memorable day of 

 my great shot we had palled our punt for miles without 

 shooting anything and were about to start for home, when on 

 rounding a poinl, we came on a yomh of about our own age, 

 who was also after ducks. He had six decoys and was armed 

 with nu old musket, of enormous calibre, the barrel about four 

 feet long and heavy in proportion. His luck had been no 

 belter than ours, notwithstanding his superior equipment, 

 for although there weie a good many ducks in the bay they 

 would not come inlo his decoys and his gieat gun had not 

 spoken with any effect during the day. This we learned af- 

 ter a abort, conference with him, in which he announced his 

 ill-fortune with a profusion of adjeolives that, would not look 

 well in print. We soon struck ;i, bargain that prom- 

 ised ill to the ducks. The stranger and I were to get in the 

 blind while my friend W. (who has since, poor bov, solved 

 lhe great mysfery) wan to take one of the boats and drive a 

 flock of redheads that were a short distance out, in the bay. 

 The owner of the big gun said he had two ounces of No. 1 

 shot and eight drams "of powder in it. My fourleen-smige 

 gun contained three drams of powder and an ounce of No. 6. 

 My friend W. did lus part of the work well and in half an 

 hour seven or eight line red heads were within thi-ly yards 

 of the blind aud'huddled togother. Af the word there was 

 one report, and all but one of the ducks lay flopping on the 

 water, while one. flew away, evidently hit hard. The boy 

 with the big gun jumped up and shouted, ! 'l killed them 

 al! ! " As we were to divide, I did not dispute.himi hut while 



