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FOREST AND STREAM 
Milwaukee, April 29tb, 1876. 
Editor Fohkst and Stream:— 
TUo (second competition at 500 yards for the Brodhead field glass prise 
came off on the 21st. Bangs mude the best Bcorc, 71 out of 75; wins the 
gluas once, and feels happy. Several others expect to fee) happy next 
time. The following are the scores:— 
Name. 
Bangs_ 
Turner. 
Fielding. 
Yale. 
Mennicr.. 
Totul. 
.71 
.70 
.lit' 
Name. 
Sketch- 
Hawley.,. 
Johnston.. 
Booth. 
Arnold.. 
..4!) 
The third competition, al 200 yards, for the Brodhead field-glass c*) 
off yesterduy. The wind blowing a gale from the northwest made it a 
rery dilHculr. task, to hold on the bull's-eye. Menuier and Turner tied on 
the result, but as I he score was to be decided according to Wingate, 
Member wins. The score now stauds Arnold, 1; Member, 2. John 
evidently means to get that “looking-glass.” The following arc 
Name. Total.I Name. Totali 
John Member....3rr|J, M. Arnold.30 
rim*. Turner. .39jJ. O. Wells, .35 
E. Fielding.38 C. Simonds..29 
It. T. Drake.3?| 
The club has had a new scl of movable targets put up, and we now 
think our range is tbe best in America. 1 shall be able to scud you an 
account of our first attempt at 1,000 yards very soon. Wau Wau. 
§ mite 
pig mid 
tin. 
hit very hard. The contestants failing to knock over their 
pigeons almost invariably shot behind them, and so often 
was the gun at fault in this particular it provoked con¬ 
siderable criticism. Neither of the shooters made a clean 
score, and but t wo killed six each, these being Mr. Ratlin 
and Mr. EL L. Van Wyek. In shooting off the lie both 
men were very nervous and did poorly. The principal 
scores were as follows:— 
Name. 
Radiu. 
Vtttl WjCk .a.. .. 
Klllcd.I Name, 
.fjJWynn (27 yards).... 
Killed. 
.4 
Talbot. 
.. i 
Wingate. 
4 
Hayes. 
Rogers. 
Name. 
Sc'ire. 
Killed. 
Rad in.. .. 
.1 0 0, 0 0 1. 0 1 1, 1 1 1 
7 
Van Wyek. 
Referee, Mr. Parka. 
5 
Michigan. —The State Championship Medal was shot 
for al the Kantramack Driving Park. Detroit, on the 
20th ult., the conditions being 15 birds each, 21 yards rise, 
80 yards boundary. Mr. Mack won by the very excellent 
score of 14 birds, notwithstanding the fact that the wind 
was blowing a gale. The following are the scores:— 
Name. Total. 
6, Moran.-.. . .... 5 
E. H, Oillman. 13 
J. Cold If.12 
J. V . 1). Eld ridge. 8 
L. Dubois.-. . 0 
Name. 
*T. E. Bong . 
C. ti. Mack. 
A. Validuze 
11. Whipple 
Total. 
. 9 
.14 
. 3 
MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH 
FOR GAME. 
SHOOTING 
AMONG THE SEA ISLANDS. 
Game in Market. —English snipe are not so abundant 
as they were last week, and prices have advanced to $2.50 
per dozen, western birds principally. We noticed, also, 
some yellow legs from tiie west, selling at the same price. 
Wild pigeons are very abundant, selling for $ 1 per dozen. 
—The Biddcford (Me.) Chronicle says that a party of 
Saco gentlemen, including a clergyman, a postmaster, a 
prominent grocer, and au ex-member of the city govern¬ 
ment, went gunning for coots lust week. One of the party 
got u good chance, and brought down the minister and 
the postmaster atone shot! The man who tired the gun 
was not hurt. 
—Ducks were very plentiful on the upper Susquenhanna 
at the beginning of the present week, all hastening north¬ 
ward, though there need be little haste, for there is ten 
feet depth of snow in Lower Canada. 
—The Massachusetts State Sportsmens Association met 
at Springfield on the 2tilli ult., and elected the following 
officers:—President, George Delano, New Bedford; Record¬ 
ing Secretary, Warren Hopegood, Boston; Corresponding 
Secretary, Dana K. Filch, Worcester; Treasurer, Luther 
Adams, Boslon. The following gentlemen were elected as 
delegates to represent the Association at the National 
Sportsman’s Association:—Luther Adams, Boston; A. F. 
Copeland, Boston; C. D. Lewis, Framingham; Jerome 
Marble, Worcester, and S. T. Hammond, Springfield. 
The meeting adjourned to meet at the Bay State House, 
Worcester, on the 7tll of December. 
Massachusetts— Boston, Atag 1st.—Snipe are now really 
upon us. The close of the present week will allow us to 
foot up our score on snipe shooting for this spring. As far 
as we know, the results will show about an aveiage with 
previous years. The birds have been generally found on 
rather high ground, on account of meadows being wet. M. 
Outo— Hudson, Summit Co., April 30th,.—A few snipe 
here yet,. Carolina rail aud Virginia rail are here. PigeoDs 
have been here two months, but the great day was about 
April IQth. F• 
Minnesota — Bniinerd, April 30th .—A few ducks have 
made their appearance wherever they can find open water, 
which is as yet only along the streams, brooks, and edges 
of lakes, while from the West we hear they have arrived 
as usual in immense numbers. At Ohrystal Springs, a sta¬ 
tion on the Dacotuh division of the N. P. R. R., is a splen¬ 
did place for all kinds of water fowl—ducks, geese, swan, 
etc. The lakes and sloughs there are all shallow, with 
hurd bottoms. One hardly needs a boat, but can walk 
through the rice and rushes and shoot till shooting ceases 
to be a pleasure. Grouse have wintered well, and if the 
early summer is not too wet bid fair to be more numerous 
than last season. Anywhere west of here forty miles one 
can always find pintails, and if one wants to “go west" as 
far as the Missouri River he can bo sure to have sport, and 
plenty of it. The veiy mild winter has been remarkably 
favorable for deer. As we bad no deep snow, with crust, 
the Indians and hide hunters did not have a chance to 
butcher them. IIaviland. 
New Brunswick, Canada— St. John, April 24f7t.—There 
are a few brant being picked up along tbe north shore, near 
SUediac, but nothing to make note of. Stanstead. 
PIGEON MATCHES. 
—Capt. Bogaidus writes us from Elkhart, Ill., under date 
of 24th inst., that he has made a match with W. G. Price, 
tbe noted English pigeon shot, to shoot for the Champion 
Medal won by the Captain in England last summer. The 
conditions of the match are to shoot at 100 pigeons each; 
50 from three traps, 30 yards rise, English rules, 15 pairs 
at 18 yards tise and 20 single birds at 21 yards rise, under 
the rules of the Prairie Club of Chicago. The match is to 
be shot to-morrow, 5lb inst., at Indianopolis, Indiana, and 
the birds shot at are to be -wild pigeons. 
Long Island Shooting Club.— The monthly competi¬ 
tion for the challenge cup of ibis association look place on 
Saturday last, on their grounds near Jamaica. Twenty 
members took part in the contest, and the prize ultimately 
fell to Mr. Levi Rudin, who has before had iL in his pos¬ 
session. The conditions under which the cup is shot for 
are:—Seven birds eacli, 25 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, 
1+ oz. shot, and club rules to govern, with ihe exception 
thill ibe last winner is penalized two yards. Dr. Wynn 
being that gentleman, he stood at 27 yards. The birds as 
a lot were "quite good, many of them being fast and with 
strength sufficient 16 reach the boundary line after being 
Fort Koval, S. O., April l.Vli, 1876. 
Editor Forest and Stream:— 
Thinking n few notes from this qunrlor may be acceptable at this time, 
I will give tbe result of my observations the past few days. Some tea 
days since, while supervising planting operations hard by my Mansion 
House, with gun in hand destined for such daring rabbits us might pre¬ 
sume to show themselves near my early peas, a flock of birds passed 
high overhead, and tempted me to risk one barrel charged with No. 6 
shot. Quite unexpectedly the lead did ns work, and down fell almost at 
my feel two mallard godwits, heavy, fat birds, in perfect spring plum¬ 
age. This species of wader is always the flret to arrive from Florida, 
say abont March 30th to 25th. For sumo days my attention had been at¬ 
tracted to their increasing numbers, aud 1 ouly regretted the absence of 
northern friends or visitors to take advantage of the flight. Tho birds 
wore sufficiently good when served to elicit from my better half tbe ex¬ 
pression of a wish for more of the same sort. Having no choice left me 
bnt to obey orders, I rose early on tbe morning of Tuesday, 11th Inst., 
took down my basket of bird skins (tbe best kind of decoy) from the 
nail where it had peacefully rested some four months, and with gnn on 
shonlder and basket slang on gnn, proceeded to one of my favorite 
posts less than a mile distant, and set out the cheats I found the blind 
in good condition, and substantially asl had left it last December. Not so 
the tide, which crept np at a snail’s pace, reached only an infinitesimally 
small altitude, and utterly failed to drive the birds from their feeding 
grounds onto the upper marshes as X had anticipated. Another disad¬ 
vantage, there was no air stirring—bad for birds, good for sandflies, 
which latter were quickly disposed of by one or two applications of tar 
and pennyroyal, Proutys formula, or course. Iu one minute arter my 
arrival I was ready for such business as might offer, nor had I long to 
wait. Quickly resounded in the distance the well-known unspellable cry 
of the godwit, and in thirty seconds more live of these handsome birds 
were inspecting my lures. Two remained behind, forever separated 
from their luckier companions. Iu a few moments this bit of history 
repeated itself, except that the number of visitors was one less. Four 
godwits in five minutes was encouraging, and a breathing spell of ten 
minutes or more developed the fact that willets were on the wing. Three 
scaled over my stools, of which I secured only one. Dull times crept 
on apace, and full firteen minntes were scored on the scroll of time with 
no results. The monotony was at length broken by a Jack curlew 
lighting to his kindred (as he thought). Alas I poor Jack? His lines 
were not cast in a pleasant spot just then. A second willelor stone 
curlew (single bird) joined the innumerable caravan a few minutes later, 
then limes were dull indeod. Patience became the snpremest virtue, 
until at length a solitary black-breast flew confidingly almost in my very 
face, just as 1 had concluded my preparations for returning to the com¬ 
fort or slippers, fragrant mocha, etc. This bit of fortune was thank- 
iully received, but failed to shake my resolution, and I dcliberalely 
turned my back on the feathered tribe, knowing well that the tldo had 
still a foil hour to inn, and would be likely to afford some chances with¬ 
in that hour. I arrived at the hoese at nine o’clock, having been abaent 
just two and a half hours, and shortly after three of my eight birds were 
gracing the breakfast table. 
Up to this date few birds have arrived. The general flight ordinarily 
commences here about 2»ih of April, and good sport can bo had in ibis 
vicinity np to the 1st of June. Few sportsmen visit (his locality at 
present, but it is to be hoped that berore long some of them will find 
out that there is a Sea Island region to viait as well as a Floridii marsh, 
nearer home, and easier of access. 
Our orange trees are loaded with incipient fruit, not having been in¬ 
jured in the slightest by the frost. Early vegetables sufficient to some 
extent, particularly the potato crop. Bnt it should be known that a 
frost killing in its effect at Charleston and Savannah, generally passes 
lightly over the entire Port Koyal region, owing to the influence or the 
vast body of salt water and salt marshes, which divideB the Sea Islands 
in every direction from each other, and from the main land. This fact 
alone gives the skillful cultivator a great advantage over his Charleston 
and Savannah competitors. Rustictjs . 
§ntionnl §<i£times. 
CBICKET. 
—A club match of the St. George Cricket Club was an¬ 
nounced to be played on its opening day, May 3d, a report 
of which we shall hope to give next week. George Giles 
has been re-engaged as professional, and will have charge 
of the ground and club bouse. The ground will be open 
for practice on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Satur¬ 
day throughout the season. A club match is proposed for 
every Wednesday afternoon, till middle June, and on 
Saturdays thereafter. The ground, at the west end of 
Ninth Street, Hoboken, can be reached by Union Hill or 
Washington Street cars «»'« ferries, foot of Barclay or 
Christopher Streets. 
The following are the officers of the club for 18 1 6:— 
President, James T, Soutter; Vice-President, George T. 
Green- Treasurer, Franklin Satlerthwaite, 10 Pine Street; 
Secretary, D. B. Gilbert, 78 Broadway, Soutter & Co.; 
Committee, A. H. Gibbes, J. B. Sleigh, E. H. Moeran, 
Berkeley Mostyn, M. H. Talbot. 
BABE BALL. 
_The championship season of 1870 has opened with 
some brilliant field displays, and the crowds attendant 
upon the opening games of the campaign have been 
unusually large. In the west the reserved seats kept for 
ladies have been orowded, but here in the Metropolis we 
have had no lady spectators. At Philadelphsft last seasons 
gambling proceedings drove the fair sex away. This year 
gambling is prohibited, and ladies are admitted free, two 
rules which will probably lead to the ladies stand at the 
Athletic grounds being once more thronged as of old. 
—Eleven games of the League pennnnt series have been 
played during April, and of these Chicago has won more 
than any other city’s team and thus far takes the lead, nnd 
it is one evidently merited, by good play and creditable 
deportment. Next to tbe “Whiles” the Cincinnati “Reds” 
have loomed up as formidable opponents of the other 
seven League clubs, tbe new Louisville nine having thus 
far been driven to a rear position. Iu tbe East the contest 
for the leadership has been more even, Boslon leading iu 
one games, with the others shout on a par, though Mutual 
stock has the call in the local betting -markets. Appended 
is the record for April:— 
April 5—Philadelphia vs. Klienz, at Philadelphia. .8 to 6 
April 18—Harvard vs. Lowell, at Lewell. 
April 1-1—Boston vs. New Haven, at New Haven. 
April 15 -Athletic vs. Centennial, at Philadelphia— 
ApJil 15—Cincinnati vs. Star, at Covington. 
April 15—SI. Louis vs. Stocks, at St. Louis. 
April 17—Now Haven vs. Live Oak, al Lynu. 
April 19—Boston vsHarvaru, al-Boston. 
April 19—St. Louis vs. lied Slocking, at St. Louis.. 
April 19—Confldsi.eevs. Mngic.ulNew Rochelle (10it.. 
April 20—Louisville va. Aiuulenr, at Louisville.-I to 3 
April 21-Boston vs. New Hliven, at New Haven.9 to 8 
April 21—Philadelphia va. Quickstep, at Washington.6 to 2 
April 22—Boston vs. Athletic, at Pnilndolphia.-.6 to 5 
April 22—Live Oak va. Harvard, at Lynn.9 iu 8 
April 22—Quickstep vs. Brandywine, ar Wilmington.7 to 0 
April 22—Pniladelphia vs. Active, at Heading.9 to 0 
April 22— Hartford vs. Yale, at Now Haven.5 to 1 
April 22 —St. Lours va. Rod Stockings at St. Louis_ * ,n n 
April 25—Chicago vs. Louisville, at Louisville. 
April 83-Cincinnati vs. St. Louis, at Cincinnati. 
April 25—Boston vs. Mutual, at Brooklyn. 
April 26 —Boston ve. New Haven, at New London. 
April 26--Allegbeiiy vs. Xanilui, at Allegheny. 
April 27—Cincinnati vs. St. Louis, at Cincinnati. 
April 27—Athletic vs. Philadelphia, at Puilndelpbin — 
April 27- -MuInal vs. Hartford, at Brooklyn. 
April 39—Harvard vs. Live Gak, at. Lynn. 
April 29—Hartford vs. Rostou, at Boston (ID innings).. 
April 29—St. Louis vs. Louiaville, at Louisville. 
.3 to 1 
..4 to 1 
..8 to 4 
. .7 to 4 
-.3 to 1 
..0 to 4 
. 6 to 2 
. ...5 to 3 
s.),» to 8 
. 4 to 1) 
..2 to 1 
..7 to I) 
. 7 to 6 
..7 to 6 
..5 to 2 
.6 to 1 
..8 to 3 
..9 to 8 
..3 to 2 
Philadelphia, May 1st, 1876. 
Editor Forest And Stream :— 
Tiie cricket season opened on Saturday with a match between the 
Germantown and Philadelphia Chilis on the Germantown grounds. The 
Germantown went first to the bat, and scored 123, Large making 21, 
Joe Hargreaves, 18; R. N. Caldwell, 32; and Wickham, 11. The other 
flgaree did not reach the doubles. ThePhiladelptiias made but 32,15 of 
which were to A. C. Baird’s score and 5 extras. They went again to the 
bat, and mude a much better stand, E. Hopldnsou making 44 runs, but 
the game was a one inning match, and game was called leaving the score 
as above. Next Saturday there will he a return match. Tho attendance 
was good, tho ladles liberally lending the enconragementof their pres¬ 
ence to the field. _ Sculls. 
About Scarecrows.—Now that tiie planting season is 
at hand, we have no doubt but that mauy a farmer will 
rummage through his garret to find tiie east-oil garments, 
which, stuffed with straw, are to be set up in the cornfield 
to warn off the marauding crow. We have never had 
much faith iu this artifice. Crows are possessed of much 
more wisdom than is generally credited to them, and 
while an immovable bundle of rags may drive them away 
for a short time, we believe that eventually they discover 
the humbug, as we have seen the birds complacently pick¬ 
ing up young com almost within the shadow of as an elab¬ 
orate a stuffed scarecrow as ever was erected. We, how¬ 
ever have heard suggested a couple ol' plans which are 
calculated to intimidate even the boldest of these birds, 
and as they are easily carried out, perhaps our farmer 
readers may make use of them. The first aud best is a sus¬ 
pended looking-glass. Take two small cheap mirrors, 
fasten them hack to hack, attach a cord to one angle and 
hang them from an elastic pole. When the glass swings 
in the wind the sun’s rays are reflected all over the field, 
evenif it be a large one; and even the oldest and bravest 
of crows will depart precipitately should one of itslight- 
ning flashes fall on him. The second plan, although a ter¬ 
ror to crows, is especially well suited to fields subjected to 
tbe inroads of small birds and even chickens. It involves 
an artificial hawk made from a big potato, and loug goose 
and turkey feathers. The maker can exercise bis imitative 
skill in sticking the feathers into the potato so that they 
resemble the spread wings and tail of the hawk. It is as¬ 
tonishing what a ferocious-looking bird of prey can be 
constructed from the above simple materials. It ouly re¬ 
mains to hung the object from a tall bcul pole, and the 
wind will do the rest. The bird makes swoops aud dashes 
in the most headlong and threatening manner. Even the 
most inquisitive of venerable hens has been known to hur¬ 
ry rapidly from its dangerous vicinity, while to small birds 
itcatries unraixed dismay ,—Scientific American 
ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
A New American Work on Angling.— The whole broth¬ 
erhood of unelcra will be gratified to lerrii that tho somewhat venerable 
George Dawson. Esq., of the Albany Journal, whose fame aa an ambi¬ 
dextrous and single-handed fly-tosaer is great, is abont to Issue a book 
entitled “The Pleasures of An&linp with Purl and Seel for Tmitand 
Salmon." American angling literature is so meagre and bo inadequate in 
its instrnctive capacity and scope, tliul any work which promises some¬ 
thing like standard excellence will be received as bread from the ravens. 
There is no work extant, as we have often SHiil, that fully meets the re¬ 
quirements of the novice; nothing that adequately impresses upon 
the infant class in angling just what they have to learn, or imparts the 
A B C in such a simple manner that eaoh scholar can group the familiar 
letters into words, and from the words into silvery lines that ahull satis¬ 
factorily play their part in tUe little history of a week’s vacation in the 
mountains. Nor do we understand that Mr. DawaOn claims tilts to he a 
complete Yade Mecnm, or wishes it to he considered so; yet. from what 
we have read from its chapters, many of which have been drawn upon 
largely by our owu and other papers from the columns or the Albany 
Journal, in which they recently appeared, we are convinced that it sup¬ 
plies m great degree the want that has been felt so long, and we feel as 
if we could envy the author his opportunity aud suemlng prerogative. 
By a masterly use of the rod, ho has been enabled to inculcate truths 
into dances and blockheads which they never dreamed existed: while 
old-time pedagogues have looked on in admiration of Lhe Lacl. aud ad¬ 
dress with which he applied himself to his work, and wondered at their 
own deficiencies. 
The book in question will be illustrated, and comprise 263 pages, be¬ 
sides introductory matter. We hope to receive it f rota the press within 
a fortnight—a most timely presentation. 
