404 



FOREST r AND STREAM. 



to dispense pellets; jet, let Hie pellets be numbered s, o, 10, and let the 

 patients be bay-MMs-, and the insknment ol practise a LeieveT, and" 



you will drop the pfllB and dose out the pellets like the most homoeopath- 

 ic man ia them at] . And I aon't blame you. In just two calls t made 

 upon yon lasl .summer, half of your tune was taken np with making 



tlib'l 



a Oil] 



: phy- 



trainingarr Immau ri&land 

 aside for dull inertlead. Oh 

 nds have a woudi 

 this I And then comes Pros: 

 gems and jewels, glistening 

 eyes and under the hands 



jm pills to pellets. Yet, 

 ft to pump some shooting 

 printer. Well, we both 

 pUls, and bay-birds, pel- 

 noble one, to teach the 

 ow glad of an opening to 

 1" to the shore to shoot for hlm- 

 terial as the ideas of his daily 

 Ideas for shot ; brains thrown 

 d Soule, the Scott,, and the shore and 

 rami when they can bring a man to 

 it of that great establishment where 



ail'n-, : 



i ni.'il 



etals 



shore, 

 the ru 



i," ,- 



that, the e 

 .' like that 



id polished s 

 long. He, 

 hue like the 



;el i 



and 



op.r 



.-ch at« i 



topaz no saffron like that of the dawn, as one pi 



and the diamond no sparkle like the sunrise, (ron 



light; and no sheen like that of its tellow bom 



and turquois and lapis-lazitli, no blue like that o 



as the darkness covers the birds and dims the sight, and the gunner hies 



him home. And had Boone been of the party, he might lind a word of 



fitness for himself, but he forbears. 



2. The little account it is to a man, escaping from confinement to na- 

 ture, from the town to the held or the shore, what, Ms game is provided 

 it is edible— a bird of wing, and frequent in the locality. For instance, 

 my game of the year is grouse, mallard and geese ; and yet, my relish 

 would have been just as keen for shooting these hay birds with my 

 friends, as the larger aud nobler forms I am in the habit of pursuing 

 Yon have the escape, the freedom, the solitude of field— of forest- or of 

 shore; the cheerful companionship, the joint pursuit, the hourly 

 comparisons, the Joint return and the sleep of the painless. And then, 

 for the time, the burden of care is lifted, time fliea by as on wi ngs, and 

 exhilaration almost gives wings to ourselves. Old Horace says : 



. Care scales the galley's deck, 

 And rides behind the horseman's back. 

 But here is neither galley nor horse— business nor home, and our trip 

 is well through before the cankering old fellow has fonnd us out and 

 straddled our shoulder again. Ob, if a good charge of No. 10 would dis- 

 pose of him, wouldn't he get ,for pledge himself to let honest hunters 

 go their way of life undisturbed. 



3. The kind fatuity we are all under in regard to our guns. Friend 

 Doc, if you should hold out your Lcfevre to Soule for his Scott, or to me 

 for my rarker. and we should say, as we certainly should, " No, I thank 

 you," what noble, compassion would Ml your soul! Such infatuation 

 would be wonderful to yon- passing understanding, in fact, the weak 

 point, in your otherwise esteemed friends. Just, think of it, you would 

 say; "Such solidity, such workmanship, and such working ; aud then 

 birds cnt down at CO yards, before their very eyes! Then see the ac- 

 tion— see the grip, and to think of them putting the Scott top-action 



ide-pushing, or the Parker button by the side of this. It calls up 

 the Scripture : "Verily, every man, at his best estate, is altogether van- 

 ity!" 



Just so, friend Doc, you are now just, where Soule and Boone were 

 with their guns three years ago. Months of use of our arms, where 

 yours has had clays, wonderful shots a hundred to your one, as yet ; and 

 hen, not a pin, not a catch, not one single element of our guns derang- 

 ed all this time. 



One of Cuvier's students came to him with great enthusiasm, showing 

 a bone, palpably part of an unknown mammal. " Study that bone two 

 years, my young friend, and then give me your opinion." Shoot yon r 

 Lefevre three years, dear Doc, and then compare notes with us 



Worthy friends. Doc, Soule and Prosser, there were two elements of 

 imperfections, in your trip to the' shore: 1st, Boone was not there; 2d, 

 Tou parted without adjourning to meet Boone on the prairie for grouse 

 the 15th of August. So mended, your trip would have been perfect 

 Make it perfect another 1 time. Good-bye. Boone. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



Long Island Gin* (iin, Beater Park; L. I., July 13.— 

 Classified sweepstakes, $2 each; three birds each, 35 yards 

 rise, 80 yards boundary, hand traps; $13 to first and $8 to 

 second. The club rules to govern. This had ten contestants. 

 On ties miss and go out. 



•Edwards 1 1 1-3 tMHler 1 1 1-3 



"Ulidersleve 11 1—3 tVolkman 1 1 1—3 



♦ Webster 1 1 1—3 Leancake 1 1 to— a 



•William* 1 1 1—3 Murphy 1 1 0—2 



(Henderson HI 1—3 Harris 110 0—2 



• Divided first money, t Divided second money, i Fell dead out of 



Same Day. — Classified sweepstakes,; § 2 each; 25 yards rise, 

 80 yards boundary; $8 to first, $5 to second and $3 to third; 

 on ties, miss and go out, which had eight entries. 



Edwards ill —3 Williams 010 10 110-t 



Miller 110 —2 Valkman 010 10 10 —3 



Hands oil —2 Webster 00 — u 



Gildersieeve..,0 1 10 110—4 Henderson... .0 — 



Several other sweepstakes also took place. 



Sbeepshead Bay.— The amateurs held a trap shoot, July 

 4 ; BogarduB' balls and traps, with the following result : 



Ten balls each— 20 yards rise. 

 [stn-.c \li-N:..-'e .... ,; ■'■ U'H:' 



WmHiStrich 6 James C Corbet 7 



Ten balls each— 20 yards rise. 



IMcKane 8 A Huisman 10 



WniBastrich 5 J C Corbet u 



Ten balls each— 30 yards rise. 



IMcKane 9 A Huisman S 



John Colwell s JO Corbet T 



Three balls each— 25 yards rise. 



IMcKane 1 1 l~ a A Huisman 1 1 1-3 



JohnColwell 1 0—1 JCCorbet 1 1 1-8 



[These are very good scores.— Ed.] 



New York, Buffalo.— The Tegular shoot of the Buffalo Gun 

 Club, held on the club grounds, July 4, 18??, in a match for 

 the President's Badge. ' The following score was made at 21 

 yards rise, 80 yards boundary. 



SWNash, Jr I ill 1 ,!! 



WH Price J 111111 



BicnardEdge J 1 \ - J 



CO Pickering 1 110 111 



j G Gibbous , 5 WT Warren 1 



THClough S J. G. G. 



n East Syracuse, N. T., July 11. —Sweepstakes and prize shoots. 

 Summary : 



FIRST SWEEP. 

 Frascr 6 Frviing... 5 



Sheridan ' wio-aoiH a 



Holloway 9 8m IP i 



Board iu Miner, ? 



1 1 1-10 



1 1 1— 



110—8 



10—7 



St. Louis, June 19, 1877. 

 Editor FoBEBT and Stream : 

 Noticing in Fokrst urn Stream a desire expressed bysome-ll 



'"in 1 i ::■ ;..:■ i. by the St. Louis Company, I inclose the result r 

 of the first, of a series of trials instituted by Col. C. L. Hunt, b 



THIRTY -INCH < 



pads op ST. tons S 



to determine the merits of the same. I would advise from my 



11 Hi trial that different 2:11ns. whether 10 or 12 



"' :: ' !'il' " ■ -1 'i,, from the minitniim to the maximum 



'[ , - 1 "' cliarj' ■-'■.,' '■■■•: 1 yivcn in the tables inclosed, and Urn. 



MflVVM 11 Hi.:',-'," hY.i I,,,.,;;. ,,, ,, ,;, ;„, ; , 



ion should be the proper charge for tin. , 1 



three sneers to he broken. 



Greener choke.. 



2 drs., iv oz. N. T. S, 2 pink wads.... 



Nichols & Lefevi 



Greener choke. 



open... 

 choke... 



open. . . 

 choke... 



open 

 choke... 



open . . . 



St. ions, Wo.. May I'.\ 1ST7. ' 



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do 



2 do 



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1 do 



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2 do 



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2 do 



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8 do 



do 



1 pink 1 black.. 



do 



1 do 



rto 



1 do 



do 



1 pink only 





1 do 



rto 



1 do 



do 



1 black onlv.... 



do 



1 do...'.. 



do 



1 do 



do 



2 pmk wads .... 



do 



2 do 



do 



2 do 



do 



a no 



do 



2 do 



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2 do 



no 



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2 do 



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1 black vvad 



. 1; English chilled.... 



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(1 English chilled '. 



ElJJY'o t. M. CO.) 



SHELL, j SHBTJ.. AYESAMS. 



Average of 5 shots 



Average 01 



Jonx W. Mcnson. 



Tie on seven won by Smith. 



SECOND sweep. 



Board 9 Nichols 8 



Sheridan ... 7 Fryiing 9 



Sm'th, Holloway 10 



Ties of nine won by Board, with five straight birds, JfichoU 

 third. 



THIRD SWEEr. 



Board 9 smith 



E Lortder 5 Nichols 10 



Sheridan s Truman 7 



Holloway 9 



Ties of nine, five birds at 26 yards, Smith out, Holloway 

 won at. third, 31 yards, with four birds. 



TRIZE CONTEST. 



JNlcbnls 9 G Smith p 



W Fryiing 6 CI Parker 9 



CRJacUson 8 J Hollowav Hi 



H Gale 9 A U Sheridan s 



K H Plank 8 B Crouch 7 



BP.oard 7 WPrettle c 



ELodder 4 



Mr. James Holloway took first prize, an elegant, silver cup, 

 donated by the clubs, value $40, and $60 cash— total $100. 



In ties of nine, Gale took second prize, value $75; ties of 

 eight, four trials, Jackson won third prize, silver cup, valued 

 at, $21) and $25 cash; ties of seven, Board fourth; Fryiing and 

 Prettic divided the fifth prize. 





EOUBIU SWEEP. 



1 1 1 t 



t 1 

 1 1 



1 1 



1 1 



1 1 1 



1 1 1 



I 



1 



1 1 

 1 1 



1 1 



1 



1 1 

 1 1 



1 

 1 



1 1 



1 



1 1 

 1 1 



1— 9 

 1— 8 

 1 in 

 1—9 

 1— 9 

 1—8 

 1— 7 

 1— 7 

 1—10 

 1— 9 



Gale 



Parker 



Cronch 



1 111 



1 111 



1 1 1 



AHudson 



Nichols 



Connors 



111 



1 1 1 



1 11 



Hollowav 



1 11] 



apart, so that the shooters could not tell from which trap the 

 ball would be sprung. The pri7.es were $!), $c, ;■]. -.;. ' 4 > H 

 following is the score in full ; 



\vu 



A Jlal 



..11 



— The Jersoy City Heights Gun Club, Jersey City ,1 ,, 



organized on Friday evening under very favorable auspices 

 The club comprises sr~ 

 the members are chuc 

 other paraphernalia In 

 and they propose to 

 their brothers of the trigger. The folio 



officers for the eusuit 3 

 Dr. John Q, Bird, Vice-President; Aul 

 tary; Dr. P. TV. Levering, Tres 

 Herbert Stout and Geo. B. En 

 Wednesday of each month is tl 

 Thursday as a day for practice. 



Dr. John B. Burdett 



.f the Hei 

 is, balls, and 

 >»ids leased, 

 e raftks with 



list uf the 



ideal; 



iV Staples, ■ 1 , 

 ink M. Thomson, 

 ors. 'I in ;, , it 



1 til ;..-;. 



.1 &.0OBBTA.KF. aj 



Onto, Alliance— The Columbiana Count v Sportsman's 

 Club held a glass ball tournament, July 4 and" 5. i 

 the management of S. J. McCartney, of Satero, Ohio. 

 First match, 5 balls each, 18 yards, entrance §1.35. 



S J McCartney 3 LBArkwright 5 



I) fl Stiarpnack 4 TMHilbert " i 



CHidope 2 WuiBioor.. 



L. B. Arkwright, of Youngstown, Ohio, first money. 

 Ties on four for second money, 21 yards rise, won hy YYrn. 



Ties on ten, Smith; ties on Dine, Board; Gale and Hudson 

 divided third money. 



DOUBLE BIRD SWEEP. 



Bioor. 



Second 



tatch same as above. 



SECOND DOUBLE BIRD SWEEPSTAKES 



Holloway 10 01 11—1 Board 10 11 11—5 



Nichols 11 10 10—4 Gale 10 11 10-4 



Smith 11 10 00—3 



Ties on four, Holloway. 



Shooting Contest. — The Karragansett Gun Club, of New- 

 port, R. I., have received a challenge from the Philadelphia 

 Gun Club to shoot a match for $1,000 a side, Aug. 18, the 

 match to take place in Newport. As yet no action has been 

 taken in the matter by the Narragansetts. 



Connecticut. — Manchester Gun Club, Saturday, June 30; 

 siDgle balls, 18 yards rise, 12 balls each. 



Hudson 9 C Taylor.. 9 



Hyde 4 F H Lewis 6 



G Taylor 2 Woodbrldge 8 



White 9 Koltn 5 



Garter 5 Looinis 7 



Emery 7 skinner 8 



L Lewis 1 Johnson 6 



White won first prize, Skinner second, Emery third. 

 Double Balls. 



? 8 Johnson 6 



Hvde 4 FH Lewis , 1) 



Loomis 5 Hudson s 



Carter 7 Skinner 11 



C Taylor 7 



Skinner first, Hudson second. Taylor third. 



Two sweepstakes were also shot, which were won by Hud- 

 son and Woodbridge by scores of 4 and 6. 



■A glass ball shootrag match took place on July 

 4, which was participated in by r the crack shots of Meriden 

 and WalUngford. Three, traps were used, placed ten yards 



Arkwright 3 McCartnev c 



Sharpnack 5 Bloor 



Hope ,- , 1 w G Men ill ...'.'.'.'.'.'.'."~A 



Ties for first money, 21 yards rise, 3 balls, won by 

 McCartney; W. G. Merrill, Akron, O., second money. 



Same day, same as before. 



Arkwright 5 Hilbert a 



Hope 4 Bioor ' 4 



Sharpnack a McCartney '.."2 



Arkwright first money, Bioor second. 



Matcli at 10 balls, entrance §5 ; first money, S17.SS"; sec- 

 ond, ,$12.25 ; third, $9.25 ; fourth, $6.25. 



Arkwright 10 Gvger 7 



Buff 6 Wheale s 



Merrill 9 Pattisou 9 



McCartney 8 Marshall 8 



Woedruff S Bioor '7 



Arkwright first money, Men-ill second, Wheale third, 

 Bioor fourth. 



Match, 5 balls, entrance $3. 



Gycer ± Marshall 4 



Arkwright. 5 Run 4 



Wheale 5 McCartney 3 



Merrill 4 low .' 3 



Pi.'itlSOll ,', , .ne '/iv. 



Woodruff 9 Bioor s 



Arkwright, first money, $14 ; Pattison, second, $11 ■ 

 McCartney and Bioor divided third, $8. 



Thursday, July 5; 10 balls, 18 yards, entrance $3; first 

 money, $12.15 ; second, if 10. 10 ; third, s7 ; fourth, $4, 



Arkwright 9 McCartney., 5 



Wheale 10 End -j 



Merrill ,9 Snellenlmrgb a 



Gyger 5 Pattison s 



C. F. Wheale, Cleveland, first money; Snellenburgh sec- 

 ond, Pattison ruird, McCartney fourth. 



Eighteen yards, 5 balls, entrance ifc? ; first money, $13.50: 

 second, sS ; third, S5.50. 



G.vger 6 Marshall 4 



I'tttlison 4 Woodruff 3 



ISnetlenburgh a W'illard i 



Arkwright 3 stone.... s 



Wheale ,,,., 4. 



