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FOREST AND STREAM. 



London, March 26th. 



Oour se the one absorbing topic of the day, not only in 

 Sporting but in social circles, is the great race rowed 

 on the Thames on Saturday between Oxford and Cambridge 



Universities. The cable will have informed you so thorough- 

 ly as to the result an . ■ I I iat it would be super- 

 erogatory for me :■ gc into them. Suffice.it to say, that it 

 was the closest and most exciting race ever rowed in these 

 waters. There were all the Osi I s< erj a i ■ i endant upon this 

 aquatic Derby; the crowds on the river bank and. bridges. 

 half-swamped barges, and pretty girls wearing either light or 

 dark blue, as their inclinations or affections tender!. The 

 i i yon know; the two eight-oared shells starting simul- 

 taneously, with Oxford soon leading n trifle; thou both boats 

 alternately leading until Hammersmith Bridge was reached 

 ;ind Mr. Cowles, the Oxford bow oar, caught that unlucky 

 orab 'which broke his rowlock or his oar, nobody seems to 

 know which; and although the news that Oxford had won 

 was first telegraphed through the city, it soon become known 

 that the umpire'; decision was "a dead heat." Many 

 Americans witnessed the race, but I missed the face of Mr. 

 George '.rill- . ,.,-'.■',. V imes, \\ ho has been present at 

 so many of these events. The American sporting press, 

 however, was worthily represented by Mr. James Watson, 

 erstwhile of your city. 



Those of your readers who read also the London jFfeid 

 must have been very much pleased at seeing the first of the 

 new series of articles on dogs by "Stonehenge" (Mr. Walsh, 

 editor of the Fietd), They promise to lie most interesting 

 and valuable. A correspondent over the signature of 

 i' " took occasion to write a long letter in reply to the 

 first article treating of that breed, in which he "pitched into" 

 Mr. La . i . i ok rather severely, and not only underestimated 

 the qualities of that strain, but questioned their being bred 

 as claimed. Of course every one saw at a glance that the 

 letter was written either by Mr. Llewellin, or his henchman, 

 Mr. Buckle, and in a foot-note to the letter the editor rather 

 demolished it, and alluded to the fact, that if it had not been 

 v, eitten so palpably in the interests of "Self & Co." it would 

 be worthy of more consideration. This, of course, enraged 

 "Setter," and in another letter he claims that the editor of 

 the Fddin alluding to him as " Self & Oo."-was "giving 

 himav.ai a ." nd , ,, pomes Mr. Maedona in a 



splendid letter and completely demolishes Mr. "Setter," or 

 Belf & Co," preying his aspersion on the Laverack strain to 

 be as unfounded ae wen some of the merits and perfor- 

 mances claimed for the Dnke-EhodiK strain. Mr. Maedona 

 makes and proves th : em that for the. last six years 



there have been no good setters running at held trials (ex- 

 cept his Irish jett ttki Musi •. ithout possess- 

 sing Laverack blood, Be goes on bo Bay : 



"I frankly give Mr. Laverack's famous sort a share of the 

 credit in the merit po--.. ■ 1 ;..-,- 1 npion Ranger, his sire, 

 Quince II., being more than half > i ; Rob Roy was 



half Laverack, as hit ' k*B Blue Bash ; Coun- 



;: was pure Laverack i. Nellie, purel veroei; Rum, win- 

 ner in the braces in Devon, pure Lav. .rack : Byhl, by 

 champion Hanger, half Laverack ; Mr. Barclay Field's Rose 

 and Rake, half Laverack ; Daisy, half Laverack; Qui 

 half Laverack ; Countess Bear, half Laverack : Leda, half 

 Laverack; (Jinx, one-fourth Laverack; Rhoda, ditto ; Dash 

 II., tttrea-parts Laverack ; Sam, quite half Laverack, being 



. Serjeant out of Kate, and hit 01 i Qg Sam and Dan, 



. i , me atly inheriting Laverack blood. Here are all the 

 winners since 1871, excepting Judith, who has recently 

 proved that she crossed quite as well with the Laverack as 

 the Rhoabe strain." 



This discussion is interesting to Americans from the fact, 

 that many of the noted dogs mentioned, or their progeny, 

 have gone to your side, including the famous Plunket, but 

 it looks as though the w irdy warfare of three or four years 

 ago was to be gone over again. 



In a brief resume with which "Stouohonge" prefaces his 

 Present series of papers, he notices the fact that a great 

 fluctuation has occurred among dogs used with the gun, the 

 retriever proper having almost displaced the pointer and 

 setter in the South. Fully 90 per cent, of the partridges 

 are now shot either by walking them up when driven into 

 turnips, or by waiting foJ hem to be driven over the sports- 



i . oncealed behind a hedge or wall. In both cases each 

 gun (or rather leash of guns, for tho crack sportsman now 

 requires at least a pair, and often has three, with one or two 

 loaders) is attended b; sr. 1 look upon men who 



are willing to kill their birds in this manner as degenerate 

 sportsmen, and hold that half the pleasure of shooti-i i 



■ ; the dogs at work, t know that in our country such 



! I. ...ling would be called pot hunting. Sitting behind a 

 hedge and waiting for partridges to be driven up to you 

 1. 1 .i r be pretty tame Sport. Why not get down on all fours 



i.i a the turnips, "Stonehenge" does not think 



very highly of the dachshund, claiming that it is not the 

 equal of the beagle or spaniel in nose, and inferior to the 

 terrier in pluck. A single fox-terrier has been sedd for £250, 

 which . . i iinaceountabUity of tasteindog 



fanciers. As regards the relative merits of setters and 

 pointers in the field. "Stonehenge" is of the opinion that 

 little has been done to settle the question, although after a 

 careful u nJ .. . ■ field trials it would appear that the balance 

 ia slightly in favor of the setter, and as this breed is, on 



.. ■ their feet Standing the heather best, now used 



Almost entirely on th .... h only place wheri dog 

 f, .-. |, i . . e iinieh used al a) t it it proht ble that 

 they «ill become the ; dogs with the public. In 



.'., i- . imrd and i iai I 



a .!,.. ... . , ,-,. while for re, J i ilil 



fc] , . .i . . coining dog. Alt ■ 



promise tp be most interesting. 

 I observe in this week's issue of A '.'7 ,i,„l Water that Mr. 



Frank Bnckland has received a box of salmon ova, contain- 

 ing 5,000 or more, from the Dominion Fish 

 lishnient at Newcastle. They were sent over by that 

 eminent pisienlturist and genial gentleman, Mr. yVilmot, 

 who has done so much forfish culture in Canada. The eggs 

 were taken to Mr. Buckland's museum where they began to 

 hatch out immediately. But the Btrangi p rl of it is that 

 thi e the first American salmon the: i beef 



living in England, It seems strange that while such distant 

 parts as New Zealand has had her virgin waf , , r i: . [tl 

 American fish, that the mother country should have never 

 attempted such a cheap and convenient method of re-stoek- 

 . if her own depleted waters. 



Although Monaco has been looked upon as the head- 

 quarters of Continental pigeon shooting, the large - es 



are not all confined to that favored spot. Near Florence, in 

 Italy, is San Donafo, where Prince Demidoff has an estate. 

 This gentleman is an enthusiast on the subject of shool ing 

 and has had erected a stand which has no equal in the world, 

 and where he distributes valuable prizes to be shot for by 

 his friends. Recently a meeting was held at his place which 

 was attended by many persons of distinction from Rome, 

 Genoa, and Naples. The prizes presented by Prince Demi- 

 doff were of remarkable value and beauty, one of the caps 

 being worth a thousand dollars. But the interesting part of 

 the programme to me was the fact, that one of the prizes 

 was a magnificent double breech loader made by Purcley, of 

 London, and the identical gun that was so much admired at 

 the Centennial Exhibition. 



The O'Leary-Weston six days walking match is now a 

 fixed fact for the first week in April; on fW that O'Leary 

 threw both of his matches with Howe and Corseland, and is 

 likely to win this one, although as Weston is hacked by Sir 

 John Astley and a strong party, the money is going freely 

 the other way— ' ■'.■■ 



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THE CAUSES OF RECOIL. 



Ti !■.;,, In 



of the 



PREVIOUS 

 percussion locks, when the ft 

 use, the universal supposition was, 

 ing, "that the powder v. idle burnt 

 nition created the backward motion 

 coil continued to exist with the 

 theory was exploded and many othi 



' The phenomena is CBuaedhythi 

 the vacuum in the barrel resulting 

 powder." This idea of the subject 

 men, who do not stop to reason a li 

 conclusion that such is the case. I 

 possible for the air to return or rel 

 the gun with such an immense force, a 

 ; ,f;ei tl,. ..--:; 



el i e 



t I III 



3ches and 



i ge: 



■■ml 



i kiok- 

 tend the point of ig- 



roved firearms, this 

 .ok its place: among 



den return of air to 

 :ion of the 

 many rifle- 

 ■ jumping at the 

 place, it is not 

 o the barrel of 

 did, the smoke 



-M. 



id if 



would not be seen, as it is, gradually 

 escaping irom tne muzzle. 



i ' p r , J, ]: ; time the general belief among riflemen ap- 

 pears to be, that the force of therecoil is in proportion to the 

 amount of resistance given to the "pent-up power" by the 

 projectile with its inertia, the friction caused i 

 through the barrel, and the pressure of the al ttosphere 

 against it before leaving the gun. The explosion of the pow- 

 der when driving the bullet out of the Lev... i conn lunicates 

 to the arm itself a motion which is not perceptible until the 

 projectile has left the gun, when the confinement of tfie pent- 

 up force is suddenly relieved, and on that instant the recoil 

 is felt in the opposite direction to where the force is escap- 

 ing." 



The effect of this instantaneous "give way" can 

 cally demonstrated by the following experiment: 

 people (gun and bullet) each take one of thi em 



all their strength (the pent-up force); without 

 suddenly cut the rope (the bullet leaving the gi 

 sistance'being gone the result can be easily imagi 

 bullet e ' '■ '-. thi :nn,:.:le bearing in the line of ti. 

 exactly opposit 



two pe 



rope i 



be practi- 



Let two 



( of a rope 



3d. The 

 , and the 



ist as tin 



ut. 



e liable to fall in reverse directions when the 



\ portion of the recoil is felt on account of the stock 

 a : ■ being 1 lent to enable the eye to glance along the 

 vhieh decomposes the force in two parts, ... 

 ireetion of iheaxis, and the. other through i itoek 



, ! 



A -i the 

 line of re 

 ir. : .I., ttj 

 point of r 

 will be liable to fly 



As" 

 his 

 ih 



,1 1 r) is beneath the 

 i , a , -. I e e ... throw the 

 et high. Hence, the lower the 

 jr the forward end ol 



bri 



shooter cannot get a definite idea of the force with which 



inn comes back if standing "clear" from everything while 



' a certain "give way" to his' body. By 



inst any stationary object and discharg- 



shoulder he wiil discover, to his 



wbb the case a short 



tin 



oe Of the : 



range marks 

 mulish pr. 



,1 lying 1 



coil, i 



•ell 

 ritW He 

 heTmtt of 



A gun in a macliin , i i boot a certain distance with 

 lower elevations than it would if fired offhand. This fact 

 has been proven, and the difference with a Springfield musket 

 has been fonn I m I, 1 t.i-tit inches in a hundred yards. 



ill- "i 1 -tion' will be found more or less with all 

 guns under similar conditions, The cause is supposed to be 

 a a. diminished recoil of the piece arising from the 



weight of ti. ma .-'. in attached to it, causing the force, 

 -which would have been rrsed in pushing the gun backward 

 to be expended as extra power, in the expulsion of 



jectile. In the same way, by pressing the piece firm I 



the shoulder the "kick" is lessened and, theoretically, the 

 range is increased. 



The old saying— "Every rosebush has its thorns"- can be 

 ■applied with an appropriate meaning to shooting, the 

 ' -kick" being a thorn to the shooter's rosebush. Onicko. 



•*•*> 



Tee Swiss Match. — The following are the scores made 

 in the recent match between the Zettler Rifle Team and the 

 Columbia Rifle Team, shot with Swiss rifles, 200 yards 

 range, at ring target ; to men m each team; 10 shots 'each; 

 possible score, 250. 



acquaint* 



i 1 ', I 1 ,'- 



efl'ect it would have, for the fun of the thing. H 

 had a patient with a broken collar-bone. As tie 

 give to the earth something else was obliged to accommodate 

 ag demands oi the "critter," and the esperimentiBt 

 iv.c.oils from further investigations in rifle shooting. The 

 doctor's bill, however, caused a "kick" of another kind, 



li is enid, on good authority, that the recoil of an Ameri- 

 can long-range breech-loading rifle, similar to the ones used 

 by our team hist year, is about one hundred pounds. W. \V. 

 bookon "modem breech-loaders" contains u list, 

 with the amount of the a,, ... I .i a. d 1...1I a a number of 

 English military rifles, which maybe interesting. It is as 

 follows; 



"1850 pattern ride, ser- unm Lnition, 171 lbs.: long 



eider, Boxer ammunition, 17 .', lbs. ;"Whilwor1h, 



hexagonal ■ ■■ I ,,,,,., , 1 li,„. ; Whii- 



worth, cyiiuii, , , .'..in 1 bullet, 70 fi n d«u 



Westley-Riuhards, cavalry, breech-loader 



al , Hi , ■■ , , 



1 BO gr. bullet, 39 lbs." 



Name. 



Total. 



Name. 



Total. 



William Kline 



203 



Lamtokt 



80S 



G. G_ Lettler. 



20S 



■J. F!elim:r 



197 



T. Penning 



zoc 



J. Rein 



till', 



Theodore Kliesroth . . . . 



S0OIJ. Homey 



104 



L.Bird 



187 W. Lippmcui 



183 



M. L. Riaga 



J86 M. Arcu'eial. 



1S1 



D.Miller 



IS-! 



Ana. ErmncB. 



1S1 



C. Jndson 



l u 3 



J. Heinz 



ISO 



M. Enael 





G.Blamenber? 



180 



M. Dorslcr 





G.Kr.ndahl...: 



John Bandel 





B. Zettler 



m 



171 



B. S.Brown 



174 



Chris Heinz 



168 



J. Dntel 



166 



.J. Schneider 



161 



D. L. Beck 



16: 



130 



27,12 







Q. A. Sclnirmim 



J. Graber 





Grand total 



Grand Total 



B.647 



The Zettler team winning by 65 points. 



Comun's Benefit. — Since our report hist week this match 

 has received additional prizes as follows: An elegant Japa- 

 nese cabinet, presented by the Zettler P.ifle Assoi . 

 two fine opera a.. a-. --a. presented by the Arnold & < ■ 

 Eifle Clnb; one fine trout rod, presented by Mr. H. D. Bly- 

 denbuTgh. 



The targets shot in this match are placed in a sealed box, 

 can only be measured at the close of the competition by 

 three judges, to be appointed by the Committeo of Arrangi 

 ments. There are several gentleman whoa.. ; ;- n , 



near alike that it. has caused a great deal of excitement to 

 know which is ahead. The large number of prizes ottered 

 petitor of average skill. It 





nlin's" popularity that the priz 



of 1 



a b; i 1 .. 



will lei 

 their is 



1 i ha: 

 nils 



unable 



ild 



S-250, 

 ,d pa.f] 



1 this 



ud that all of 

 is de- 

 tctii 



Such si. 

 x, 5529 1 

 match 

 Bint 



etb 



for 



eriptions may 



to the Zettler 



being held. 



Association has un- 



Eifle Gallery, 207 Bowery, wh« 



—The Council of the Ontari 

 der consideration the question of replacing the iro 1 i 

 at present in use by canvas ones, but inasmuch as it is yet 

 an open question which system of targets is likely to give 

 the greatest satisfaction, they are unable to make a recom- 

 mendation of any definite change at present. 



—Adj. -General Franklin Townsend, has issued a circular 



utant General of the several States 

 s trophy, "Soldier of Ml 



tho brc 



as calling 

 arathon," 



National Hide . 

 of twelve men 

 match to be sho 



York, to be annually contested for 



Eifle Match, at each fall meeting of tho 



. ail. a at Greedmoor. He invites a team 



im each State to contest for the trophy in a 



1 September next. 



. .v.— We are glad to announce that Mr. Gt n- 



lin will open his new shooting gallery at 1222 Broadway to- 



ight 1 ,'iie new quarters are more commodious than those re- 



' oi, and a club room has been provided that will be 



placed at the disposal of the various rifle clubs in the city. 



We wish Mr. Conlin every success in his enterprise. 



Mtt.tiy's GaiiLEBIEs (Brooklyn). — The following is a record 

 >i last ■-. -.tk. and up to Tuesday morning: 



E.B.Castner 5 5 5 B 5 5 



W. If. Donaherty 5 5 5 5 5 B 



A. b Swutf 5 5 5 3 5 S 



A. H. Dougherty, Jr 5 5 i 5 5 5 



F P. Pike 3 3 4 S 6 



A. H. Amlsrson 5 5 3 5 5 5 



I). T. McQuillan 5 5 9 5 3 4 



W. 11. Lilhstun 5 5 5 5 4-1 



The above is made in lying do-... 1 

 feet, at reduced target. In the in.. - 

 Union team is ahead. Both matches will en< 

 15th of this month. 



San Pit, 



4 5- -4!) 



5 5— 10 

 i 4—47 

 5 3-46 

 B 3 45 

 5 3-55 

 5 3—44 

 4 5-44 



istauce, 120 

 B Brooklyn 

 ,he 1-lth and 



.. ■ 1 G. V. Hai 



at 200 yards, target reduced. 

 man winning the first prize, 

 badge tu be shot for onoe a W' 



4444545641 



-Calijhi-hia, March 26ft.— The following is a 



5 4 6 5 4 3 



5 5 4 45 



6 4 5 5 4 1 



5 4 4 5 4 5 4 



44 48 44*654 5 SB 



the Forest GaUory, 



5 feet; the gentle- 

 e gold badge, the 

 in weeks. 



5 4 14 5 4 44 

 5445444564 44 

 5 4 S 1 5 4 i 6 1 4 11 



5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 1 6 

 4645565 155 



4455546416 



4644445 454 



554 4 445 a 45 

 4563,645444 

 45414 46655 



Total U67 



Out of a 750 off-hand, 200 yards, 6 pounds pull. 



Oscab Shtzeb. 



— The Santa Anna, California, A r ews is responsible for the 

 tough story, that a shower of clams in the shell fell on Dr. 

 Jones' ranch, near that place, during a recent rain. The lady 

 of the household occupying the ranch gathered up a quantity 

 of the clams, they being alive, and cooked them for her 

 family. ^^^^^^^_^_^ 



Consdmt-jtos Cniisi).— An old pTijtittiSB retired from active practice, 

 having had placed in his hands by an East Indian missionary the for- 

 mula of a ainiplc vegetable remedy i'or the- speedy and permanent rare 

 for Consumption, Bronohitia, Catarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and 

 Luna affections , also » positive and radical enre lor Nervous Debility 

 .,u I all nervous complaints, after having thoroughly -testecHts won ■ 

 i powers in thousands of cases, feels _it Iris duty i 

 • iBufTering fallows. eottVOj and-aoouscjen- 



■•■:■ human suffering, he win send, free of charge, to 

 all who desire it, this recipe, with full directions for preparing and suc- 

 cessfully using. Sent by return mail by addressing with stamp, nam- 

 ing this paper, Dr. J. O. Smyz, 32 Xorth Fifth Street, Philadelphia, 

 Pa.— vlfle. 



