FOREST AND STREAM. 



119 



ruentnry servi ny of Mr. O'Clery, the member 



SVesfbld. 11' there were volunteers, there would be a 



■ -:iu.l riflemen m Ireland, instead ..f a scdre, and then 



there wotrtfjhe a chan tth from 



iledtowin. tconfess that just 



at present nobdd; sms mindful of rifle shooting. We 



OcouuscTiuui ! correspondent semis us the following 

 account of a shooting thatch which took place at < !l 

 Connecticut, on Saturday, March 10t,h, 1877. He says, "The 

 match grew out of a dispute between myself and several 

 gentlemen of Portohester nnd Glmville, they claiming, no 

 ■rim-fire cartridge' could shoot accurately up to 300 yards. 

 I used a Stevens rifle, B8-inch barrel, with 38-100 est 

 rim-tir.- cartridges, my opponent using a Remington -14- 

 calibre, and centre-lire cartridges. The following is the re- 

 sult: 



(lBT) TKN SHOTS AT THBEE HUNDltHD YA K D8 . 



Name. Score. Total. 



Rim Fire.. 4 A i i 4 4 4 1 3 4—39 



Centre (Ire 3 4 i 8 3 3 1 5 J 5-37 



(3D) FIVE SHOTS AT THREE HUNIIIUUJ TAHD3. 



Name. Score. Total. 



Him lire 4 4 4 5 4—21 



(Jen. re Fire 3 4 3 4 3-17 



"The day was very cold and windy. My rim-fire cartridge 

 is made by the Union Metallic Cartridge Company, Bridge- 

 port, Connecticut, louts, truly. W. H. B." 



Mllet's Gallery. — The following are the best, targets made 

 last week at this gallery in lying down position: — 



Name. Scere. Total. 



W. H.Douftlwrty 5 6 5 5 i 5 1 5 6 6— IS 



A. S. Swan 5 5 5 6 5 4 5 4 5 4-47 



A. H. Anderson 5 5 5 5 4 3 6 4 5 5—16 



E. B. Oaateor 5 4 5 8 3 6 5 5 5 5—45 



F. P. Pike 5 4355 5655 3—45 



In the Press Match, the Union and Eagle men are a tie. 

 Mr. Chadwick, of the Eagle', Mr. Angell, of 'the Union, 



DITTMAR POWDER IN RIFLES. 



Nelleb Cokners . March 19, 1877. 

 Editor FomsimAJm Stream. 



In your journal of S5f.li January, 1877, B. M. S., aeks if B. M. S. 

 wonld try Dittmar powder against black Cnrtia & Harvey's No. 6, 

 at 500 yard?, and report result. Tea, here yon bave it. It. M. S.' 10 

 ehote made with Sharpa'.riac, 500 yards, mnzzle rest, scoring 45 points 

 out of possible 50, nsln? Dittmar.'powder, equivalent in bulk to 70 grains 

 black powder, and 830 grains ljullet. These halls were nearly all in the 

 centre of the bnllseye, and all carried well np. Again, 10 shots, earns 

 distance, same ritle and shooter, sights same position, Ecoring 80 points 

 o„t or the possible 50, and all the balls fell, on the average, six to eight 

 inches lower thuii when driven by Dittmar powder. This, I think, will 

 convince B. M. S.; if not, let me hear from him. 



I was taken by surprise on the fllh inst., by the arrival of Mr. Carl 

 Dittmar in town, he was entertained by the Fiaherville Amatear Ttifle 

 Clnb, nntil Tuesday, 13th Inst., when he left for the East again. During 

 his stay among us, we tried his powder in all manner of ways, both 

 with rifle and shot, gun, and I bave no hesitation in pronouncing^ the 

 best sporting powder made, and be certainly deserves credit from the 

 sporting fraternity at large, fori prodocing such a desirable article. 



K. M. S. 



§nme §hq md §tm. 



GAME IN SEASON IN APRIL. 



Wild dnck, geese, brant, &c. 



— There are a large number of red-heads and sprig-tail 

 ducks in the upper Potomac now. 



Hobse Heaven. — Is it a place of equine glory, or what ? 

 It is a place on the edge of Norfolk, Virginia, where the 

 snipe most do congregate. A place where in days of yore 

 the turkey buzzards regaled themselves on the bodies of 

 the poor equines that were brought from the city. In March 

 and early April the snipe, attracted by the good cover, 

 swampy land, and good feed, are there in goodly numbers. 

 One needs, to go there to make a good bag, a quick eye, a 

 cool head, and a big pair of rubber boots. A number of 

 good bags have been made there the past week. 



Nichols and Leeeveb. — We have received the illustrated 

 catalogue of this eminent firm of gun manufacturers, whose 

 works are. located at Syracuse in this State. The guns made 

 by Messrs. Nichols & Lefever have stood the test of years of 

 trial, and are considered second to none, many of the leading 

 pigeou shoot rs in the State using them. In addition to their 

 regular line of breech-loaders, Messrs, Nichols and Xjefever 

 make a sub-calibre rifle, weighing but 1 J and 2, pounds, which 

 fits into the barrels of the shot-gun, eonvertuig 4 it into a rifle 

 at the shortest notice. 



Green's Loader. — A correspondent, writing from Croton 

 Landing, N. T., makes the following suggestion regarding an 

 improvement applied to this handy invention: "As a simple 

 improvement to 'Green's pat. Loader' might be appreciated 

 by those who read your paper, and load shells for them- 

 selves, I suggest the application of a spiral spring to throw 

 np the plunger, instead of lifting the usual way. 



Any one can make the spring by simply winding small 

 sized wire around a rod, the size of the plunger, eighteen 

 times, about f- of an inch apart, said spring passed over the 

 barrel and the plunger pass through it by removing the slot 

 screw. Finding this bo convenient and expeditious. I quote 

 the words of a friend"— "It's fun to do it." c. M. r. 



Massachusetts, Sufem, March 26.— The past week has been 

 so varied in weather, that but few spring birds are yet seen. 

 Was over to Nahant lately: saw Bay 500 black ducks laying 

 in beds on the water, Lynn Harbor. They did look 

 provoking. Woodcocks are not yet along. Sea-fowl are still 

 numerous along our shores, More when I get it from 

 "Seal." 



New Jebset— Cape May, Aj)rU2ith,—The shooting of brant 

 on the Jersey coast will continue until about May 1st, at 

 which time they have, generally all departed for their north- 

 ern breeding places. These fowls appear on this portion of 

 the Atlantic sea-board during October and November, and 

 March and April. They are generally shy, and it, requires 

 all the wiles of the experienced sportsman to obtain success- 

 ful |shooting. 



,vamu — The monthly shooting match oi the HI 

 Airy Shooting Club came on' the afternoon of the 21st inst., 



m of Mr. Morris Borsting. The score wac as Co] 

 lows: No, 1. Mr. Albert Reynirr, killed 5 birds; No. 2. S. 

 T. Goofrey, i : No. 3. Eliek Key, 1 ; No. i. W. Mackey, 7 : 

 No. 5. TV. L. Smith. 6 : No, 6. Sit. Clint. Kover, S birds, 

 and was champion of the day, and to whom the club's medal 

 was handed over, bv the laic champion, Mr. H. T. Goofrey. 

 Number of birds shot at, 10. 



Virginia 23d. -First snipe of the season 



«il 1 J J,i »W Six and bagged them all. Last year 



i i, on the 10ft of March. Grass buds, Ax-., 

 at it, ,-ji.indiugly backward. as oompareo wil i tasl year. E. 

 South Carolina, Po?-/ .£',, v., i March 28j 1*77.— To-day 

 , ! ' i a ise of settled warm weather, hot up to now the Con- 

 tests petweenold "Boreas." and hi:- s. a,, ',,-... ,- : ;! 1. ■ MM ,,;,,,' .■,. 

 Mrfus" have been frequent and furious. Gat b s succeeded 



gale with unswerving mnm, 1,, i, \ bringim.: Mi" most, abrupt 

 jjransrtions from heat to cold, and fiee versa. The past will 

 easily pass apon record as " 1. windy winter." An enorm- 

 ous quantity of rain 1ms also fallen (another distinguishing 

 feature), coming at ragulsbr inti rvals of three or fourdavs all 

 through Felnitir- and March, With B warm week, vegetation 

 will be as forward as usual by the first of April. I judge 

 from reports that the effects of the cold winter have,' been 

 m.i"l. less se-veri in this 81 rftiop Mian in Florida. 



l h,-i, are always some wonted birds in this vicinity at all 

 times of the winter, but the masses winter in Florida and 

 along the Gulf. None have yet arrived from those parts, it 



New Tore. -A contest, for the custody of the gold medal 

 of the Onondaga County Sportsman's Club, between Messrs. 

 George Loddcr, holder', and Andrew Hudson, ! 

 took place on the. Clark farm in Brighton last week, and re- 

 sulted in Mr. Lodder's successful defense of the medal, as 

 will be seen by the following score: 



Name. Scora. Total. 



Loclder .11 111110011111 0—12 



Hudson 1 1110111101111 0—12 



Loader ! ioi 1—4 



Hudson o 111 0—3 



At a meeting held on Tuesday evening, March 20th, 1877, 

 at the house of Henry Kenebel, 61 (j Dekalb Avenue, Brook- 

 lyn, a pigeon club was organized, to be called the United 

 Pigeon Club of Brooklyn. The following officers were 

 elected : Martin Hebnsteadt, President ; William Tomford, 

 Treasurer ; Henry Knebel, Secretary. 



%he Menttel, 



THE NEW YORK BENCH SHOW. 



OUR excellent contemporary, the Turf, Fidd, and Farm, in 

 a very pleasant notice of the approaching Bench Show in 

 this city, criticises the rules, and claims that Rule 1 and Rule 

 6 are in conflict, from the first requiring the name of 

 sire and dam to accompany the entry of the dog, and 

 the last stating that "the pedigree of all dogs are de- 

 desired, although not actually required,'' etc. Now, if our 

 contemporary will look at the rules again, he will see chat 

 Rule 1 reads as follows: "Every person who wishes to ex- 

 hibit at any show held under these rules, must, at the time of 

 entry, clearly identify by name and age (if known) the dog he 

 intends to exhibit, and the name of sire and dam (if fcnotwi) 

 must be given." Brgo, if the names of sire and dam are un- 

 known they need not be given. The necessity of this rule is 

 apparent. It insures, or is intended to insure, the identifica- 

 tion of a dog, and to prevent a previous prize winner, now a 

 champion, being placed in the open classes; a precaution such 

 as would be taken at a trotting meeting to prevent a '30 horse 

 from being fraudulently entered in the '40 class. Rule 6 is also 

 a good one, for it is reasonable to suppose that of two dogs 

 one with and the other without a pedigree, but equal in Bench 

 Show, points, the one tracing directly to some well-known 

 strain of good field dogs, is likely to be the best of the two. 

 We think, however,; that it should have been stated in the 

 Premium List, that Rules 1 and 6 applied to the sporting classes 

 only. 



There is another point to which it may bo as well to allude: 

 that is, the difference in the value of the prizes offered in some 

 classes, the sporting in particular, and those in others. Man- 

 agers of a Bench Show, in making up a Premium List, have to 

 be governed by the amount of patronage expected, aud it 

 would be manifestly unfair to offer the same amount in 

 premiums for a class, which might not furnish half-a-dozen com- 

 petitors, as would be given for one where there isalmost certain 

 to be a hundred. And, again, looking at it broadly, we pre- 

 sume, that in the present stage, Bench Shows in this country, 

 while their object is to improve ajl breeds of dogs, have more 

 particularly in view the development of the sporting classes. 



New Yobk, March 26, 1877. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



Not being able to incorporate the Special Prizes in the 

 regular lists, I send you a list of some that have already 

 been donated and classified, but many more are expected to 

 follow. Applications have already been received from all 

 parts of the country for entry forms, and the prospects are 

 that this will be the grandest show ever held. 

 special phizes. 



$50 in gold coin for the best native dog and bitch (S25 

 each), black and tan, or black tan and white, cross bred, with 

 Irish or native English strain. 



S150 silver cup, presented by Mi 

 best dog or bitch, pointer or se 

 class. 



$50 fly rod, and silver-plated real, presented by Frederick 

 Schuahardt, Esq., and manufactured by William Mitchell, of 



. Tiffany A Co., for the 

 entered in the open 



New York, foi 

 of any Weight, 

 oator will not i 

 $100 silver 

 ented by men 



the best bi 

 ed i 



id elite 



of pc 



1 b\ 



3 (dO| 



a pe 



bitches), 

 (The do- 



ti" 



of Ga 



bitches), entered in the open classes, owned and exhibited 

 by one person. 

 $100 silver cup, presented by Foeest and Steeam Publish- 



ing Company, for the best red Irish seller stock dog, either 

 native or imported, to lie shown with not less ll 



lattei i,i I,, Mi„ property of any exhibit,' , 



, ,, 



S100 double-barrelled Fox patent shotgun, presented 

 by the American Arms Co., for the best, red TriiM '■■!,.■ 

 brood bitch, either native or imported, to be shown with not 

 Jess than two of her puppies. 



$75 silver cup, . made h\ Messrs. Tiffany & Co., and 

 pn -:, in, I by Dudley Oleofct.'Esq.. of Albany. N. T., for the 

 best English setter, native bred, out of native bitch ■■ ■' 

 imported dbg. 



$100 gun, presented by H. C. Squires, Esq., for the 

 best English setter, stock doge either native or imported, to 

 D with not less than two of her go) 



*25 English sole leather gun-ease, with cartridge top, 

 presented by Erdman A. Herzberg, Esq., of New York, for 

 the best, cocker spaniel, dog or bitch. 



In addition to the above prizes, many more have been 

 donated, but not yet classified, but at the next meeting of 

 the Committtee they will be arranged and a full list 

 printed. It is the intention of the Committee to gives prizes 

 to stock, dogs and brood bitches, in all the sporting classes. 

 Yours truly, Qhas. Lincoln, Snpt. 



Box '2832, New York. 



SETTERS— ENGLISH, SCOTCH, AND 

 IRISH. 



HY "STOXEHENGE." 



it is greatly 

 i certainly an 



IN" the issue e>f the London Field of March 3d, is an extend- 

 ed article, by the well-known authority and editor of 

 the Field, " Stonehenge," on setters. So much of the blood 

 of the various celebrated strains of which he writes, and, in 

 many instances, the animals themselves, have been im- 

 ported into this country, that the subject cannot fail of pos- 

 sessing great interest to American breeders. Being too long 

 for us to publish at one time, we have divided it into three 

 parts, giving this week that portion referring to the English 

 setter : 



THE ENGLISH SETTEE. 



Since the first publication of the articles o n the various 

 breeds of dogs, in Field, during the year lNCo-ll, the strain 

 of English setters known by the name of " Lavevaek," from 

 the gentleman who bred them, has carried all before it, both 

 on the show bench and in the. public field trials. which hn» 

 been annually held. For this high charaete: 

 indebted to the celebrated Countess, who w: 

 extraordinary animal, both in appearance and at work;' for, 

 until she came out, the only Laverack which had shown to 

 advantage was Mr. Garth's Daisy, a good average bitch. 

 Though small, Countess was possessed of extraordinary 

 pace, not perhaps quite oqual to that of the still more cele- 

 brated pointer, Drake, but approaching so closely to it, that 

 his superiority would be disputed by many of her admirers. 

 On referring to her portrait, it will" be seen that her frame] 

 though on short legs, is full of elegance : and her beautiful 

 head and neck are absolutely perfect. With her high pace 

 il power of endurance, and her chief fault 

 was, that si; • 1 1 ,.• fully depended on : for. when 



fresh enough to display her speed 



!■■ ■ , 



til she had taken he^ 'ling over a tin 

 a good scenting day 



but, like most other fast, galloperi , 



flush her game on a bad scenting day, and then si 

 be wild with shame. An instance of this occurred at ,bs 

 Bala field trials of 1872, when, on her appearance in the 

 stake for braces, with her sister Nelly, both of these bitches 

 were utterly beyond the control of Mr. Buckell, who worked 

 them, Nellie even chasing a bird like a raw puppy. To get 

 rid of this wildness, they were worked hard in the day 

 which intervened between their appearance in the braces 

 and Countess' trial in the Rhiwlas Stakes, when she 

 came out, as stale as a poster, and was only placed third to 

 Ranger and Belle. Still, though manifestly beaten, she evi- 

 dently was so from bad judgment alone on the part of those 

 who managed her, aud she only injured the character of the 

 breed to which she belongs so far as to show that, like most 

 high-couraged setters, they require a certain amonut of 

 work to keep them steady, which, it appears, she had not 

 done. Nellie (the sister) was of the same size, but not so 

 fast nor so elegant ; still, she was good enough to beat the 

 crack on one occasion, i 

 she would have stood 

 served to show that Count, 

 was sometimes alleged b 

 and these two bitches, to;' 

 fairly be adduced as indi, 

 erack bitches are quite 

 pure breed has yet put in ai 



with any pretension to high form", "but several winners hi.. . 

 appeared half or quarter-bred, of that strain. For example, 

 Mr. Starter's Bruce, by Dash (Laverack) out of owner's 

 Rhcebe, and his Rob Roy, by Fred H. (also Laverack) out of 

 the same bitch, may be adduced ; but Dick and Dun. bj 

 Duke (of the Corbet' and Graham strain) out Of Rhcebe, wen 

 were far superior to these dogs, and 

 events, as crosses for other breeds, 

 be so highly commended as Mr. Le 

 the Laverack school, would lead v 



it Vavnol, in 1872 ; but, c 



nmos 



t days 



no chance against Co 



mtess 



She 



mtess was not wholly ex 



ccptio 



nil. as 



by the detractors of 1 1 



e Lave 



rack ; 



3ther v 

 iting tl 



rst-chn 



apps 



u 



triples of 



Inch hi 



Garth's, and Mr. Paul Hackett's 1 

 third remove from the Lav, r ,1, 

 Ranger. This dog was fully as 

 keener nose and far better tempi 

 form, as steady and dependable as 

 Macdona's favorite may bo classed 

 winners in a quartette including Di 

 theLish setter, Pltmket. approach! 

 not quite reaching their level. Bo] 

 on the show bench, is of the same 

 Ranger, both being out of Lorf 



l Mr. Lo: 

 latin 



, Air, 

 a the 



in Mr. 



■ Countess, with a 

 being, when in 

 locomotive. Mr. 

 ong the field trial 

 mtess. and Belle; 



Dip, \n 



iL:i 



Jk dog, 



aud these last being all the same blood, as I shall presently 

 show, though their sires are respectively named Rock anil 

 Roll was a grand dog in shape, with the exception 



of his loin, in which a c 

 played when a little out 

 when shown, being a shv 



aditii 



nnt of slaeki 

 i he 



rullv 



-i iis- 



Mr. 



feeder. I 

 who shot over him for some time, that 1 

 in the field as on the bench ; bul when I in", -I him bebad 

 no nose whatever. His pe.ee was \,., great, wil i the usual 

 Laverack quiet trail of flag. The portrait of this dog 

 [acted for the second edition of "Dogs of the British 

 IslandB "— iB valuable, not only its showing the true type of 



