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FOREST r ANB STREAM: 



settled in many opinions of his on minning man 

 he sees them confirmed by you. The truth is, tv 

 workmanship of those English guns was enough to drive a 



poor gun man mad; anil that one Tolley, 11 Hi. pun, will 

 haunt me for years. 'With my Parker y-lb. For all common 

 shooting, and that Tolley for geese and brant alone, (he world 

 ■would have nothlDg more for me to desire in the way of shot- 

 guns. 



But T started out to write on implements. These, in pat- 

 tern and finish, are as various aa the actions of 1 lie guns 

 es. It cannot be Baid that flu mere process of load- 

 ing with the muazls-loador was a pleasure. With the breech- 

 loader it, is. The shells are so perfect, the implements arc so 

 happily adapted, and the cartridge, loaded and in your hand, 

 is such a finished thing, that the whole process is an actual 

 pleasure. Then, it can be taken up on rainy days or at idle 

 hours at home, trad the whole outfit for a week's shooting can 

 be put in your satchel, aud in the field you have nothing to 

 do but insert and fire. 



The tools for the different points inj loading have always 

 had a special interest for me: some for their finish, some for 

 their ingenuity. There is the wooden reversible plug for de- 

 capping and reloading ; the Parks, Optimus, Creaser, Green's, 

 and others for re-cupping also ; the Barclay for loading, the 

 Remington for capping and de-capping, and the Hawkesley 

 for crimping; aud these are but a few of all. If one can have 

 an Implement for each part in the process of loading, he can 

 have a better tiling, generally, than the same in combination ; 

 1ml. this entails a number of 'tools and a larger expense. For 

 these separate purposes I have found the Kcmingtoii capper 

 aud de capper, the Barclay loader, and the Hawkesley crimper 

 simply perfect : nor do I see how they could be improved. 



A great deal of ingenuity has been shown in inventions to 

 combine these operations even into one tool ; some of them 

 suggestive of elevators and grist-mills, and utterly unfit for the 

 field. But Mr. Stoddard, of Washington, has hit the mark 

 for a field tool more nearly than any inventor whose work I 

 have "seen. The cut in his advertisement gives a g .■ ■■ 



the implement, itself is the thing to judge by, after 

 all. ' The creasing, cutting and re-capping parts of this im- 

 plement are perfect; no single tool for each purpose could do 

 better. The de-capper and loader are quite serviceable, and 

 the crimper, with practice, will fully answer its end. The 

 trreat, point, a tool for the field for all operations, is most hap- 

 pily attained. Those who already have single and expensive 

 implements for home use will probably still use them with a 

 .Stoddard for the field; those who have their implements yet 

 to buy will find this beautiful invention sufficient for all the 

 operations of loading. 



P. g.—As an old writer, at times, for the Rod antj Gun, let 

 me wish the new paper all the success it wishes and deserves. 

 We will read the new with a zest and well-wishing not at all 

 lessened by the pleasant memories of the old. 



By the bye, dear Mr. Hallock, if there be. no business ends 

 subserved by your joint title, which certainly is a clumsy one, 

 or when these business ends shall be met, why not give us ol 

 the prairie a part iuyour title : " Forest, Stream and Prairie?" 

 Prom Die Wabash to the Rocky Mountains lies a region con- 

 taining more than one half of all the game in our nation, and a 

 large part of vour readers and contributors. Why not give 

 the prairie a place in your title ? That would make it distinc- 

 tively American. All landBhave streams and woods, ours, only, 

 prairte. Think of it, and then come out to the prairies 

 and shoot with us. BoojsS. 



Feek Bank, near Cincinnati, July 6, 1877. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: 



Thanks to an invitation from its President, Mr. George 

 B. Ellard, your correspondent, was enabled to celebrate the 

 national holiday of the Fourth in a most enjoyable, manner 

 with the members of the Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing 

 Club, at the Schutzen Park, near Carthage, where the club 

 has established a capital rifle range and grounds for trap 

 shooting. On this occasion the annual trap shoot for the 

 handsome club badge was shot for and won for the third 

 time by Mr. Wm. Caldwell, who thus becomes its perma- 

 nent owner. Without taking up your valuable space with 

 the score in detail, suffice it to say that the average of the 

 svas very good, and was fully up to that of similar 

 organizations throughout the country. At two o'clock the 

 members of the club and invited guests sat down to an ex- 

 cellent dinner, the chief charm of which was a native wine 

 made of the. Ives seedling grape, which, being without that 

 foxey flavor peculiar to most native wmes, will compare 

 favorably with the ordinary run of foreign clarets. 



Though the supply of birds was not exhausted, I was 

 glad to s'ee the afternoon devoted to ball shooting from a 

 Trap new to me, which propels the balls with greater force, 

 and gives them a more erratic flight than the Kogardus in- 

 vention. This shooting is much more difficult than that at 

 birds, aDd is not open to the charge of cruelty attending 

 the slaughter of the latter. I hope to see the day when ball 

 shooting will entirely supersede that of harmless doves. 

 For the information of your readers who do their fall shoot- 

 ing in Ohio, I will state that though quail are now quite 

 abundant here, the close season for this game has been ex- 

 tended to another year, a fact not generally known even 

 here. " Gloan," the vigilant guardian of game m this State, 

 is my authority for this statement. 



As early as the fourth of the month every copy of your 

 last issue sent, to Cincinnati had been sold. I visited all 

 the newsdealers and the office of the American News Com- 

 pany in search of a copy, but they bad all sold out. The 

 fact may be flattering to you, but it was a great di«ippoint- 

 rnent to your correspondent, F. G. S. 



Korku Hill A'. J., June 22, 1877.— I have been interesled 

 in the 'articles on Small vs. Large Bore Guns. I have shot a 

 "Nfo Hi for the past .seven \ ears, and ha\ e touudit la . . 

 for all game from quad to deer. Of course m dock BhOOHng 

 a howitzer would domore execution, but that has m -v 

 to me much of an object to the sportsman. Among my sport- 

 in*' friends my eun— that- Captain Bill Chadwiek said • was a 

 handy little thing to kill rats with "—has an enviable reputa- 

 tion for long shots and hard hitting. The advantages in a 

 small bore ;,re,lesswe:-lu.^e-.se^e,eso:ammunit.on,mcreased 

 , |uen i mcreased range, and, best of all, 

 they demand a true aim. In my judgment the quintessence 

 bfTOt-hunfamr is the throwing a handful of shot tiprn a jno. 

 1 gun at, a quail ! Smai.leb Bore. 



Dt/OK Shooting on GalvubtON Island.— Our esteemed cor- 

 respondent, B. B. B., sends us nob 



by him in company with rive others on < lalveaton island last, 



March fifteen miles from town. The shoot resulted also in a. 



ndlv trial, in which all participated, resulting in a signal 



nuzzle loader in the parly. Camping over 



iii, they secured upward of three hundred mallards and 



gray ducks during the morning flight, along with a Few willet. 

 and' snipe. Of the former one hundred and fifty fell by the 

 redoubtable aim of our correspondent. He thinks tie frosts 

 of the Northern Slates and Oanadas a great draw back to duck 

 shooting, especially as equally good bags are made in Texas, 

 aud advises every body to come to Texas for their shooting, 

 which we can assure our friends is bard to equal. 



Killing Bums Humanely. — Psyche, of Boston, writes: 

 "You say the quickest, and most humane way ol killing a 

 wounded bird without disfiguring it, is to bite the bird's neck 

 with the teeth. A better way, 1 think, and one taught, me by 

 that veteran sportsman, O. A. Taft, of Point, Shirley, is, to 

 take the bird (if not too large, in one hand) and make firm 

 pressure over the heart with the thumb, thus arresting the 

 circulation at once." 



[Both methods are good, but we give preference to the 

 former, as none but the smallest birds can he killed in this 

 manner. Again, the biting of the neck causes instantaneous 

 paralysis, while the pressure of the thumb gives a few seconds 

 of torture.— Ed.] 



Collapsed Shells. — " On the Wing " remarks : 



A correspondent in your paper recently inquired, Why 

 some of his paper shells collapsed when fired? My opinion 

 is that the cause will be found mainly in the fact that some of 

 the cartridges are not equal on all sides in thickness. Conse- 

 quently the thin or softer parts are drawn in by the vacuum 

 created by the explosion of the charge. 



—Our Pennsylvania correspondent says: " A young man of 

 Flint, Hill, Ohio, desiring to cripple, but not kill a small red 

 bird, loaded his gun, using wet poieder in the place of shot. 

 The gun burst, mangling his head in a terrible manner. 



I lie 





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ly by tne various railway compauies wemseivea, ntsuee ua i 



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of theeoumrv i,:,vr- 1,,-,-n known in former years, with r.lieir present 



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cents per copy. 



THE DITTMAR POWDER. 

 Please direct oil letters for the above powder to Tseponset, Mats 

 Capt. Bogarilns and Ira t'aine, are asiug niy pow der. Carl Dittmar 

 —[Adv. 



RECOIL. 



300 Broadway, New York, July 6, 18TT. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : 



Please convey to " Siraiglit-Bore" my I -hanks for the best article on 

 Hie subject of " Recoil" which has ever, to my knowledge, appeared in 

 print. 



I have, during my leisure time, for the last two years, been engaged 

 ill : lie preparation of a work on rifle shooting, in which T Have afl- 



:in ■!■,; i le -'line ideas on the subject of recoil that havo been so ably 

 n foi , ' ' .: , ;n r..iiv.-- Toe language la which his article was 



,r rand forcible than thatia which 



rny ideas were clothed, I liai I wish you would ask him to give me I tic- 

 privilege of reprinting his article in in. : . 



5 onrs very truly, Henry Fr/iTon. 



Shell Loaders Askkd For.— Is there not a great chance for 1m- 

 provcracnt in the making of oar shell-loaders? Thus far I have tried 



niiin,. mil .-rill , i- imiay more advertised for sale, yet the» . 



u thelOt ; i ii ''-in '"id more than one shell at a time, and some will 

 he brass ones at that. ?IeiiQe,ii&,'inanwishestoltoad.t,hree 

 or four hundred for a two or three days' hnnt, lie must necei 

 face his days of sport by nearly a day of hard work over the shells— un- 

 less he buys them ready loaded, which is not easy to do in most locali- 

 ties. Now. if with proper appliances ail tins work could be done Within 

 half an hour, or an hour at the most, what a happy state of affairs it 

 would be ! And it seems to me strange thai some ingenious sportsman 

 has uotlong before ill is Invented something thai would Oil the hilt ex- 

 actly—that is to say, a machine that would charge and load half a dozen 

 shells at a time, brass or paper, equally well. If such a loader could be 

 manufactured and sold at a price that would come within reach of most 

 of the sporting men throughout the country, what a saving ol hard la- 

 bor and valuable time it would be, and, I should think, p 

 manufacturer. Of course f do not claim to be posted on all the loaders 

 made, and there may be, such in Existence and f failed to hear of it, 

 and would be glad to know from you the fans. 



Yours for improvement, Loader. 



Kew Yoke — Poughketpsie, Jul;/ 9, 1877.— Many sportsmen 

 in this section are disappointed because they were prohibited 

 from spending the fourth in shooting woodcock ; but now 

 that the law is enacted they intend to sec it enforced. 



Reports from different parts of this county say that, quail 

 are quite plentiful. Quite a number were turned loose near 

 here this spring. Sedgwicks, at their foundery and machine 

 works, are actively engaged in manufacturing Dudl 3 ' di ■' 

 loading tool, for which orders are pouring in rapidly, both 

 from local and distant sportsmen, faster than they have been 

 ready to fill them. 



Parties from here who have visited the New Hamburgh 

 reef have made very good catches of white perch. The late 

 New York dog show has imparted quite an interest here in 

 sporting dogs, and several parties purchased dogs there. 



Qood Ground, L. I., July 10-— Yesterday was the " grand 

 opening day'' of the shooting season here, the snipe coming in 

 ]nr»e ilocks. The "captain" and three boys secured over 

 sixty nice large birds, and all the gunners from other houses 



Capt. 

 ecock Bay, 



ogiproi 



Nt:,'a JbsskY— Red JBank, July 7.— 1 send you report of a, 

 few small f i this week, com- 



mencing July 4 : H. C. While, Taber Parker, 2 hours, Julj 

 4th, S birds;" Taber Parker, J. R. Bergen, G. H. Wild, July 

 5th, In' birds: Taber Parker. G. H. Wild, July 7li 

 7 birds. The birds are full grown, and the finest we have had 

 - , ears Who. 



Mti mo-vx, Ddroii.—Gims. Bobbins, of Windsor, Ont,, 

 welve woodcock on the 2d of July. All' 

 and friend were out on the 6th and killed eighteen. Rovkk. 



red 



rood bags. 





shooting has already begun i 





, , i , large snipe on tneOHi 





ii. Gentlemen with their 





ms and atleudnnee lha 



MassaCHVSKTTS. ..' ;,;,U Cllll) ; 



glass balls, three traps, IS yards rise. ' 



g»P« Rust a Capt Weteiil s 



Damon -t: Dewey is 



Foster 10; Mnyniiril in 



Pomeroj %a Williams 10 



Total aj " Total ai 



— A chili is being Formed at Eastnampton, and thus far 



about, a dozen fine fellows ami "i. i H i shots have enrolled fcheil 



names. 



■" ■ ! "'i Sportsmen's Club held a, chowder 

 party on the shores of \Y liittemore Take, July 4, 

 The day was an enjoyable one, being enlivened by the pres- 

 ence of numerous lady guests. After the repast , 

 men tried their skill at trap shooting, using Bugardus' glass 

 balls, string of ten, 18 yards rise, wUhibe following 



John Hoyden a L M French . 3 



JasHolnies , (i F v.v-bher . » 



WBarr ..8 DC lather '...'.'. "a 



HBrewer s AWOuais i 



FYV 1'renty t! |.- -p 1'rer.i v .....'.B 



E O Snow 2 o a i naor.ein I 



H Sewton 8 EM BhM " 5 



JG Avery 8 B Draper 3 



IS of the club also contested for a prize, which was 

 Won by Mrs. L. M. French, Mrs. .lames Holmes second. 



',,".','.-- The Sportsmen's Club w-as out, in full 

 force July I. and made a day of it, with their friends on their 

 grounds at the farm of Curtis Jenkins. The morning hours 

 and a portion of the afternoon were devoted to rifle practice. 

 Mr. IT. L. Wesson made the best record of the day. During 

 the afternoon several strings of glass halls were shot by mem- 

 bers. Mr. A. E. Plympton scoring 9 out of 10, and Messrs. D, 

 E. Ball and Ward Osborn 8 out of 10. 



—A, new sportsman's club has been formed at Fitohhunr, 

 Mass., with the following officers; "President, John C. 

 Howard; Vice-Presidents, Charles E. Sheldon and Slfiol ,V. 

 Clioate; Secretary, Henry F, Piper; Treasurer. 

 Noble. The club held its first, public shooting ton i 

 the Pair Grounds on July 1. glasi balls, 1 1 bin 

 following 1 



S W Putnam 7 SiiShchlon 7 



C. W" t'ann ti 11 1: Newil c, 



. ■ -' ,' ''I u'iii',i,ir|i| , 



John 1; Howard r. K T Uohie 5 



There were ten other entries with smnlle) 

 Bay Ridge, T. I., July 4.— A glass ball in 1 n 



July-1 at Bay. Ridge, L. T, which was won by Mr. I! 



the Owd's Head Kifle Club, who succeeded in breaking tfcn 

 straight balls, and in taking home the prize, a se1 gf pearl 

 shirt studs. The following is the full score 1 



Otto Deinigke 1 1 1 1 1 1 | 1 1 i — in 



HAlonfori 1 11 1101 110—8 



Jerry Lott 1 11101 t 1 1— s 



Geo H Hope 7 .1 Dadswprtrj 3 



PSBogart 7 Eliout.Jr 3 



VvEHope 7 DrO Meyers a 



P¥ Kent 5 W Xowhsend ...J 



FoirsTAiN Clib, July 4.- Pigeon tnsteh at Brooklyn f'riv- 

 ingPark, L..!L, for the club championship match; fourteen 

 competitors, seven birds each, 21 yardsrisej 80 yards 



Williams I 1 1 i 1 1 i M i ,,'.., 



HMiller 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 p — f 



Josephs n 1 1 I l ] i -_ a 



White 1 111101 — fj 



Goodwin 1 111110 — B 



McLoughlin 1 1110 11 _o 



Bunis .', Atkins 4 



Edwaids 5 Slioridan s 



Madlaon r> Baee 1 



Slane - 5 Cleaver 1 



Kew Jekhev, !!' nd the re- 



sult of a shoot of the Forest and Stream Shooting Club, "f 

 Washington, K. J., Saturday, June 30, at ilorubaker's 

 Trotting Park, four members shooting at twenty-five glass 

 1. eighteen yards rise, to be broken in the air. 

 Bogardus' balls. 



Ohicioo, Maywood, Jyfy4.— Glass ball shooting, 18 yards 

 rise, lj dz. shot, sweepstakes, $ 1 entrance. 



Broddle 4 Ballon 4 



Moore 1 JSlayherry a 



Pnrse divided. 



Second sweep — same conditions. 



Broddle a Moore 1 



Ballou 5 May berry 1 



Third sweep— same conditions. 



Ballou 5 Moore a 



Broddle 3 Maj berrj 3 



Fourth sweep— Same conditions. 



Pnrtor 4 Oriel] 4 



Ballou 3 MdKalter 3 



Moore 4 Baldwin 11 



Broddle.... , 3 Mayberry 4 



1 I. ir at three lialls, won by Moore. Ties on three, won by 

 Ballou. 



Fifth sweep -fame conditions— 31 yards rise. 



Btlllnu 6 Moore 5 



Porter 5 Broddle 4 



Ties on five 1 



Sixth sweep— same conditions as last. 



Porter ,, S Broddle 4 



Ballon a Moore 4 



n yards. 



C.N. \\\ Railway ti Graham 



Sweepstakes at pigeons, 31 yards rise, so yards boundary. 

 y oz. shot, $1 entrance. 



Ballon S Mayberry 5 



Moore - Baldwin 3 



Odell S Porter 3 



Broddle 



Ties at 31 yards, won by Baldwin. 



i 30.- If nothin as ■; 



birds from II. on -■ ill " :i ' fit 1 m< 1 



rated grouse now h itoh d, and 1 e 

 doing well. 



1, 37.— In the clat i be Bports- 



1 there were three ties on 10, viz.. II. I ', 

 Hart and S. Judd. The tie was won by B. Jutld I, 



."nre: 

 Poenler I 8 .... .. I 1 11 1 1— i 



.- 1 1 » 11 0— S 



The number of ties onO m on by Mike 



■1.1 

 bury scoring four 



