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In case of the inability of (lie holder of the bad'.' I I 

 shoot ut the time challenged, the challenges shall i 

 badge by default on puyment of price of one hundred 

 Lottie gallery, but shall he obliged in case of such 

 default to shoot a match within one week from the time 

 of so winning, in case he shall he so challenged. 



All question ot disputes or additional rules (if necessary) 

 •will be decided on by a Committee of three, viz. : Chailes 

 A. Cheever, C. K. Blydenburgh, James S. Coulin. 



The loliowing are the scores of the lirsl of the above 

 mentioned matches; 



110 TEF.T U I VI' A ME. 

 catliYEn. | Fill liKMRHIi.ll. 



4, fi 3 S 4 6 5 r. i 4-44 4 55553354 8-42 



Total measurement, 10} inches.. Total measuromonr, 10* inches. 

 75 FEET IUKTif.CE 

 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3-45 [544545555 n— 17 



Tutiii measniemost, 6 inches Tdiul meaenretnent, 6} inches. 



1 1 U 1—4 bullela. |l U 1 1 1 0-4 bnlieU. 



It will be seen by the above, that they were even on the 

 two huudred yards Wimbledon red, largelsuud bullets, and 

 the match was really decided by the leady measurement 

 targets through a difference of one inch. 



Mr. Cheever is now the champion gallery shot of this 

 city, and is open to challenge. 



JJEW YofiK — Jamaica, Feb., -,'2.— The Jamaica Rod and 

 Rifle Association commenced practice on Washington's 

 Birthday tor the season of 1877. The following is the 

 score made at 200 yards, oli'-haud: — 



Name. Score. Total. 



J. 11. Crsue 5 5 54455454545454455 5—93 



Taos. Luyu i 4 4 5 4 5 6 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 4 5 5-S1 



h. It Jauguu - 5 1J54 4 4 545444545546 5— 69 



W. S. ]-.lUMld..rf 4 1 4 5 1 1 5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 f> 4 5 6 4 4-S9 



Yv . G. UOgsWBll 4 4 6 4 5 3 4545. 1545555 4 4 5-88 



(.ico. HicfcS 5 4 44444444444,55454 5—85 



U. H. Cited 544 14 45445554454405 4-84 



(jco. Du.vr.uU 4 4 5 4 4/4444454 4 3 6443 4-S3 



Tot'J. Kogera i 14 4 1444 54 5 444 4 4434 4—81 



J. B. Klovwv , Withanfivn 55 4 545444444 



These are probably the best scores ever made under the 

 same conditions. — Ed]. 



3Llley ! s QAiiiBfiY. — The tournament which commenced 



at the above Brooklyn Gallery on Jan. 82d ended on 



Wasniugiou's Birthday. The loliowing is a record of the 



best Bis targets, with names of winners of the prizes: — 



Name. Total. 



Unas. H. Join 40 40 46 40 40 4S 278 



J . C. Klnggtey 45 46 46 40 4d 40 275 



J,W. Wallie 41 45 45 45 46 46 HI 



The above scores arc out of a possible 50 in each ten 

 The lirst prize, a handsome sportsman's cup; the 

 second a silver set, and thud, gold and silver medal. A 

 nulled for lying down position will shortly take place. 



Ohio— Tijfln,Feb. nth — The shooting fraternity of that 

 vicinity liuve ueeu having considerable sport since Slew 

 s, shooting for turkeys. We have had from one is 

 two matches a week since then, and now the strife is be- 

 tween tne eu-i siue of the river and the west, So far the 

 west are ahead. Next Thursday, the 33d, we have another 

 uiar^h, and each side seems determined to do its best. We 

 expect to organize a rille club here soon. 1 think it will 

 be an easy matter to raise a club of fifty, A Mr. Reiu- 

 hard, of Londonville, O., ha3 sent us word that he will be 

 with us on that day with half a dozen guns of his own 

 make, and says he will shoot against any ot Remington's 

 breechloaders from 100 to 1,000 yards. His guns are muz- 

 zle loaders. Buckshot. 



jgutne §ng and gf*w. 



GAME IN SEASON IN FEBRUARY. 



Dure?, brown and gray. Wild dnek, geese, brant, &c. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



The PaiLADELruiA Toukkament. — We ran over to the 

 Quaker City on Washington's Birthday to witness the 

 grand pigeon shooting tournament, advertised to take 

 place on that day. After a ride of three hours it was 

 rather discout aging to hud that another railroad journey 

 •was necessary to reach the grounds. But at last the New 

 Hunting Park was reached, and the ground traps found 

 arranged in the middle of the oval formed by the race 

 track. Why the side of the Park by the Grand Stand was 

 not selected we are at a loss to understand. There seats 

 would have been found for most of the spectators, and the 

 crowding over the ropes that would have disgraced a prize 

 light, might nil have been avoided. In fact, if all "tourna- 

 ments"' aie to be conducted after ibe manner of this one, 

 (he sooner they are abandoned the better, or else have 

 some one in charge who can enforce order aud give both 

 shooters and spectators a fair chance. The great lion of 

 1he day was, of course, Captain Bogardus, who returns 

 from his Pacitic trip looking as robust and hearty as ever. 

 Many of the contestants used the old-fashioned, sing e- 

 barrelled "cannons," shooting seven drachms of powder 

 aud the full allowance of shot mentioned in the conditions, 

 which were as follows: — 



Sweepstakes, open to the world, .$50 entrance, fifty birds 

 each. II. and T. traps (six being placed), ljf ouu«e shot, 

 pswder unlimited, any gun, 31 yards, 80 yards tall, aud 

 Rhode Island tules to goveru; value of sweep, ;$S00, of 

 which |350 to the first, $225 to the second, $100 to the 

 third, $75 to the fourth, and $50 to the fifth. 



The loliowing score gives the result:— 



Hborat. Killed Missed. 



rohnson 60 44 6 



Kieuaru Woods oo 44 a 



Frank Klclntz 50 43 7 



A. a. liosardus 50 •« 8 



Wm. Uarsou Eu 41 D 



John Liiuvuir 50 41 9 



Isaac Glover - 50 40 lu 



Wm. UruenwOod 50 47 10 



JonnJordun 50 30 1] 



Mourn Edwards 50 30 11 



ttout. Cornell (retired) 48 38 10 



K. i . i.berli,irdl irellieil) 44 31 13 



Fred PearbOu Ire tired} 48 89 14 



U. U. .Uiu.utl (retired) 43 2B 14 



8. H. Turreh (reared) 12 20 H 



Beej. Mouon (reared) 43 85 18 



Johnson and Woods each received $287.50; Kleintz, 

 $100; Bogardus, $75; Carson aud John Louvatt, each $25. 

 These amounts do not include the cost of the birds. 



Referee, William Schuyler, Philadelphia. Judges, 

 William Whitehall and William Wells, Philadelphia. 



Time of shoot, fir.-.!, day, 2h. 45m.; second day, 5h. 18m. 

 Total, 8h. 38m. 



—A match was shot at New Dorp, Slaten Island, on the 

 23d, inst. between members of the First New York shoot- 

 ing Club. The conditions were six birds each, 21 yards 

 rise, and the result as follows; — 



Total. 



L. Marsoti 3 



3 Bohlmif 

 J.BubsaS 

 Urns. Brao ... 



John Ficfcen , 4 



H.H. 



U. Scliwi.m 3 



8. Reilau 3 



If. Schiller 3 



11. Geunul 3 



II. Bunil 4 



Pennsylvania.— A pigeon match was shot between 

 Messis. Al. Ranch, of our ciiy (Lancaster), and Miflin 

 Wright, of Columbia, last week, for the championship of 

 Lancaster county and $100. The birds were a very fine 

 lot, quick to get away, and required quick shooting to 

 bring them to grass. The score was to have been at 21 

 birds, bul only 15 were shot at. Appended is the score: — 

 Name. Score. Total. 



Ranch 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 1- 14 



Wright 1101110:100000 0—7 



CM. 



"Captain Bogardus in California."— In your issue of 

 February 8th, you quote an article from, a San Francisco 

 correspondent, who does injustice to our sportsmen gener- 

 ally. If any such remark was made — "and they were 

 bound to beat the gallant Captain by fair means or foul" — 

 it. was not by any repiesenlative spoilsman, and should not 

 have been repeated. The Captain met with hospitable 

 treatment while ou this coast, and the introduction of new 

 rules under which to shoot, was a point in his favor that 

 his reputation should have waived. It has been a custom 

 (and a bad one) with most of our shots, to bring the gun to 

 the shoulder, sight aud lower it before giving the word 

 "pull," particularly so with the Captain's opponent in the 

 match referred to, and this loses the birds by the Prairie 

 Club Rules under which the match was shot. Without 

 going into particulars on the disputed point — which was 

 unfortunate for both parties, aud neither was blameless — 

 1 pass to your remarks about our quail, which may in your 

 own language be termed "perfect nonsense." 



Have you or any friend of yours tried them? My ex- 

 peiience as a shootist, running through a term of thirty 

 3 r ears, east and west, gives me reason to believe that Cali- 

 fornia quail ure harder to bag than any game bird found 

 east of the Rocky mountains, owing as much to the vitality 

 of the bird itself as to the chaiacter of the cover where it 

 is generally found, aud the like of the latter, you much to 

 be envied sports of the east never see. Climb to the top of 

 some large chestnut tree, and while hanging on with toot 

 and hand try to captivate single wild pigeons as they pass 

 right and left; it will give you a fair idea of the surrouud- 

 Jngs under which quail shooting is accomplished here. 

 They are most frequently found on steep hill sides, where, 

 uuder cover of wild sage, chitnaselle and scrub oak, they 

 tax to the utmost the endurance of man and dog, seldom 

 going into the valleys except for water, and always flying 

 to the hills when flushed. 



Ask Captain Bogardus to give you Ihe result of his first 

 California quail shoot with Jonny Orr! It will give you 

 a more extended view of the sport, and probably correct 

 the errors ot your remarks. 



"Lord Dundreary" (Sothern), Sir John Rae Reid, Sandy 

 Austin and John Orr, slart to day for a hunt alter the 

 "blasted birds," and if their success is commensurate with 

 the beauty or the day, they will come back with full traps. 

 Come out and try your band; you would enjoy the sport 

 — after a few days. Yours, Elliott. 



[We still hold to our original opinion regarding the Cali- 

 fornia quail being no more difficult to kill than our own. 

 Our statement was based upon four years almost constant 

 shooting in the fall and winter mouths in various parts of 

 the State. Our correspondent's shooting must have been 

 coutined to one particular locality. If he has shot in Ihe 

 San Joaquin valley, or more particularly in the southern 

 counties, he would have found the birds in vast flocks, 

 generally first seen running in comparatively open ground, 

 when once scattered and driven into cover, they may be 

 flushed and killed as easily as our own birds; that is, at 

 similar seasons. With us quail are not shot after January 

 1st, while in California they are, or were a few years 

 since, shot well into spring. We will grant that at that 

 season, Ihe birds being lough and strong on the wing, they 

 >iTe then difficult to kill auel many birds are lost, particu- 

 larly in localities where the ground is honey-combed with 

 rabbit and squirrel holes, into which the wounded birds 

 find their way. This opinion is fully confirmed by Capt. 

 Bogardus. — Ed.] 



A report of the match of the Saratoga Rifle Club on 

 Wasbiugton's Birthday, is unavoidably left over until, next 

 week. 



Massachusetts— Salem, Feb. 26th.— The remarkably long 

 spell of fine weather we have lately enjoyed has carried olf 

 much of the snow from the woods and fields, and the ice 

 from our harbor, which last named place at present holds 

 a goodly number of winter water-fowl, including many 

 herring, gulls, whistlers and shelldrakes. Teal.' 



New York.— Meaclutm Lake, FranUin Co., Feb. 18th.— 

 Since my last letter (January 20th) we have had thaw and 

 freeze, till we now have the hardest crust I have ever seen 

 at this season of the year. This, with two leetof snow un- 

 derneath, makes it almost impossible for the deer to move, 

 aud they are suffering terribly, both from lack of food and 

 from their enemies, moo, do B s aud wolves. A man on 

 snow shoes can run down and kill a deer in a very short 

 time. I cannot learn that there has been any killed in this 

 town, bul have heard of several being killed in an adjoin- 

 ing town; aud the offenders are to be given the full benefits 

 of the law. 



Partridges and all kinds of small game arc doing better. 

 We have had very little snow this month, and the whole 

 mouth has been very mild for this section. We have had 

 but three mornings when the thermometer indicated zero, 

 and each day ran up to 15 or 20" above. A. R. Fuller. 



Flokuja.— Hi. Augustine, Feb. V7th.— On Wednesday of 

 jast week, M, T. 0. Rowe, accompanied by M. Leriliart, 



and Mr. Greatorex, after a brief absence from the city, re- 

 tuned with 43 English snipe, besides other birds- Again 

 on Saturday, Mr. Rowe, with Mr. Greatorex, broughthome 

 93 snipe, and once more on Wednesday last, killed 82. 

 These performances completely astonish the sportsmen, and 

 for some days have been the absorbing topic among them. 



Joe. 



—Mr. Edgar, and other gentlemen of the St. Augustine 

 (Florida) Gun Club, have established the range, dove cot, 

 &c, at Johnson's five mile house. 



Oranye County, Feb. nth. — Deer, turkey, ducks and 

 quail are abundant this year, and I am surprised that more 

 sportsmen don't find their way into the interior of Orange 

 county. Some day they will, and then they will regret 

 the sport they have lost by staying away. R. 



Washington Territory— Seattle, Feb. 8th.— We have 

 six or seven varieties of grouse here. Three dozen Jack 

 snipe is only a good average day's shooting for December. 

 The snipe breeds here, but in the mountains close to the 

 snow belt. We have no woodcock nearer than Japan, 

 whence they are brought in ice and charcoal by the stew- 

 ards of the P. M. S. S. Co.'s si earners to San Francisco. 

 Their plumage is exactly like your eastern bird, but the 

 male woodcock weighs 11 and the female often as high as 

 14 oz. Quail are not so plenty here as in California, but if 

 your eastern friends want a Pacific coast tour, give 'em a 

 note of introduction, and outside of quail shooting 

 I can guarantee better sport than can be had in Califor- 

 nia. T. B. M. 



English Snipe Around. — An attentive correspondent 

 writes: — 



"It may possibly interest some of your readers to know 

 that there are already a few English snipe as far north as 

 this. On the 22d 1 found two brace in Orange county, 

 and managed to bag one brace. They were in good condi- 

 tion, but much wilder than one would have expected. 

 From the way the snipe got up and ihe flight they took 1 

 should imagine they had determined 10 return south. The 

 little stream alongside which 1 found them was completely 

 frozen over two days since, as in fact was all the rest of the 

 country, so that these birds could not have been here all 

 winter." J. E. G. 



A Good Target.— A correspondent reports as follows 

 upon the change effected in his gun by re-boring. 

 An ounce and a quarter of No. 7 shot contains but 304 

 pellets, so there must have been some mistake as to the 

 charge : — 



"Speaking of targets, I had a 10 gauge Purdy breech- 

 loader rebored by Lefever; couldn't kill anything with it 

 before he took it. Four targets give respectively, at 30 

 yards, target 20x30 inches, 4i urs. powder, aud 14; ozs. No. 

 7 shot (Eastern), 318, 345, 345, and 890 pellets. Lefever 

 said the shells were loaded 1£ oz; must have been 1±." 



Decatur, III. T. L. Hayden. 



A GUN TRIAL. 



New York,- Feb. 24th, 1877. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



Thinking you and your readers are always interested in 

 gun trials I give you the items below without comment. 

 The shooting was done by and in the presence of four 

 gentlemen sportsmen, and owners ot the guns. There 

 was a very high wind at the time which spoiled and re- 

 duced the average of the targets somewhat. Powder 

 used, Dupout's Ducking. — Fox— $125 gun, No. 12; 3 lbs.; 

 28 inch bbi. ; 3* drs. powder; 1\ oz- No. 9 shot. Average, 

 300i pellets; 30 inch circle; 50 }ds. Fox— $73 gun, No. 

 10; 9ilbs.; 30 inch; 4 drs; 1J oz. shot; No. 9. Average, 

 353*. Fox-$50 gun; No. 12; 8 lbs. ; 28-lnch; 3S- drs.; lfr 

 oz. shot; No. 9. Average, 275. Parker— $150, slightly 

 choked; No. 10 gauge; 4ars.; l£oz. No. 9shot. Average, 

 294|. Besides these there was shot an English gun altered 

 by Nichols & Lefever. I have not these targets, but they 

 were about the same as above. With Kay's concentrator 

 and 4 drs. powder. Average, 398; with large shot the 

 average of all guns was in about the same proportion. 

 Random Shot. 



Tiffany & Co., Silversmiths, Jewelers, and 

 Importers, have always a large stock 01 sil- 

 ver articles for prizes for shooting, yachting, 

 racing and other sports, and on request, they 

 prepare special designs for similar purposes. 

 Thei^ timing watches are guaranteed for ac- 

 curacy, and are now very generally used for 

 sporting and scientific requirements. Tiffany 

 & Co., are also the agents in America for 

 Messrs. Patek, Philippe & Co., of Geneva, of 

 whose celebrated watches they have a full 



line. Their stock of Diamonds and other Pre- 

 cious Stones, General Jewelry, Bronzes and 



Artistic Pottery is the largest in the world, 

 and the public are invited to visit their estab- 

 lishment without feeling the slightest obliga- 



tion to purehase. Union Square, New York. 

 Adv. 



