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alive with quail. The close season ended September 15th. 



—The rail birds are quite plentiful in the feeds on the 

 Delaware, above and below Philadelphia, and the sportsmen 

 are unusually numerous, and during high water nothing but 

 pop pop is to be heard On every side. The birds are not yet 

 as fat as is desirable. 



—The members of the New Jersey Sportsmans' Club met 

 on their grounds, in Bergen avenue, September 12th, to 

 test a challenge contest for the badge of the Glub. H. and 

 T. traps, twenty-five birds each , twenty-one yards rise, 

 boundary, eighty yards; Mr. Jv P. Felker; who had won 

 it some time ago, was the challenger,' which the secretary 

 of the club, Mr. R. I. Buckman, accepted, and eventually 

 proved the winner. 



THE SCORE. 



T ^ r ', R ^ L Buckman— 1 111111111111010 111111111. 

 Killed, 23. 



*JJ\ J - p - Felker— 1 111110 11111111110 110 110. 

 Killed, 20. 



The shooting of Buckman was pronounced on all hands 

 to be excellent, his sixteenth bird, although scored to him 

 as a lost bird, was killed by him, but fell dead about a 

 couple of yards outside the boundary line. 



Ten members shot for the silver cup and entrance money, 

 which is challenged for every two months, and was held by 

 Mr. Biauvelt up to date. Terms : five birds each, usual 

 rules; ten entries. Mr. 0. Townsend killed all his birds, 

 and won the cup. 



SCORE. 



C. Townsend— 1, 1, 1, 1, 1—5. Brightley— 1, 1, 0. 1, 1—4 

 Hughes— 1, 1, 1, 1, 0—1. Felker— 1, 1, 1, 1, 0—1. 

 Dunlap— 1, 0; 1, 1, 1—4. Ricardo— 0. 1, 1, 1, 0—3. 

 A'an Brackett— 1, 1, 0, 1, 1—4. Biauvelt— 0, 1, 1, 0, 1—3. 

 Steele— 1, 0, 1, l r 1—3. "Dan M Kelly— 1, 1, 0, 1, 0—3. 



— A number of gentlemen from Brooklyn met atFlatlands, 

 L I. , last week, to shoot for a Sweepstake and a double- 

 barrel breech-loader. 



Sweepstakes — Five birds each; twenty-one yards rise; 

 eighty boundary. 



SCORE. 



D. W — 1, 1, 1, 0,. 1—4. Birds— 1, 1, 0, 1, 0—3. 



E. W. M.— 1, 1, 1, 1, 1—5. Schaver— 1, 1,- 1, 1, 0—4. 

 Dr. A.— 1, 1, 1, 1, 1—5. Hicks— 0, 0, 0, 0, 1—1. 

 Elein— 1, 0, 1, 1, 0—3. Lott— 1, 0, 1, 0, 1—3. 

 Chasmer— 1, 1, 1, 1, 0-1. Ditmar— 1, 1, 1, 0. 1—4. 



Mr. M. and Dr. A. divided the sweepstakes. 



For the double-barrel gun, ten birds each, the following 



was the total score : 



D. M.— 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1—9. 



E. H. M;— 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, % 1, l-tl. 

 Bird— 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1—7. 

 AbeD.— 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, I, 0, 1—9. 

 S.Lott— 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1—9. 

 S. Lott— I, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1—8. 

 Behnet— 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1. 1, 1—7. 

 Redd— 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1—8. 



To shoot off ties. 



THREE BIRDS EACH. 



D. W.— 1, 1, 1—3. Ditmar— 1, 1, 1—3. 



E. H. M.— 1, 1, 0—2. S. Lott— 1, 0, 1—2. 



Dr. W. and Mr. Ditmar having again tied, agreed to di- 

 vide. 



—The Narragansett Gun Club, near Newport, R. I., closed 

 their season Sept. 13, with the following sweepstakes and 

 handicaps. The birds shot at were the celebrated game 

 pigeon called the "Blue Rock," from England, difficult to 

 hit and strong on the wing. Distanced handicapped, from 

 five traps, use of both barrels : 



Eirst match, Handicap, 25 birds each. 



C. A, Post (28 yards)— 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 1, I, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 

 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1. Total, 18; killed,15; missed, 3; shot out his' oppo- 

 nent. 



Pierre McCarty (29 yards)— 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 

 0, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1. Total, 17; killed, 6; missed, 11. 



Second match, 15 birds, from five traps; 27 yards rise. 



C. A. Post— 1, 1, 1. 1, 0, 1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1. Total, 11; killed 

 9; missed, 2; shot out his opponent. 



Pierre McCarty— 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0. Total, 10; killed, 3; 

 missed, 7. 



Third match of five birds each, from five traps, 25 yards rise. 



SirH. Stafford Northcote— 1, 0, 1—2. 



A. Barbanson— 0, 0, 0, 0—0. 



Fourth Handicap Sweepstakes; five birds each, from five traps. 

 Sir H. S. Northcote, 26"yards— 1, 1, 1, 1, 1—5. 



B. L. Deforrest, 30 yards— 1, 0, 1, 1—3. 

 P. McCarty, 27 yards— 0. 1, 1,0—2. 

 C.H. Bridgeway, 25 yards— 1, 1, 0. 0—2. 



A. Barbauson. 25 yards— 0, 0—0. 



Second Handicap Sweepstakes; same conditions of birds and traps. 

 W. P. Douglass, 30 3 r ards—0, 1, 1, 1, 1—4. 

 SirH. S. Northcote, 27 yards -1, 0, 1, 1, 0—3, 

 P. McCarthy, 26 yards— 0, 1, 1, 0—2. 



B . L . Deforrest, 30 yards— 0, 1, 1, 0—1 . 

 C.H. Bridge way, 25 yards— 0, 1, 1, 0—2. 

 E. T. Snelling, 24 yards— 0, 1, 0—1. 



E. A. Post, 28 yards— 0, 0, 0--0. 



Same Day— Third Handicap Sweepstakes, same conditions of birds and 

 traps. 

 E. A. Post, 28 yards— 1, 0, 1, 1, 1—4. 

 Sir H. S. Northcote, 27 yards— 1, 1, 1, 0, 1—4. 



C. A. Post, 29 yards— 1, 0, 1, 1, 1—4. 



W. P. Douglass, 30 yards— 1, 0, 1, 1, 0—3. 



B. L. Deforrest, 30 yards— 0, 1, 0—1. 



P, McCarthy, 26 yards— 0, 0, 0—0. 



The ties were shot off. 



SirH. S. Northcote— 1, 1. 1—3; C. A. Post— 1, 1,0—2; E. A. Post— 0. 



Fourth Handicap sweepstakes; same conditions. 



W. H. Douglass, 30 yards— 1, 1, 1, 0, 1—4. 



Sir H. Stafford Northcote, 28 yards— 1, 1, 1, 0, 0— -3. 



W. Barbauson, 24 yards— 1, 0, 1, 0—2. 



P. McCarty, 26 yards— 1, 0, 0, 1—2. 



E . T . Snelling, 24 yards— 0, 0—0 . 



Creedmoor. — On Friday sixty mem of the Ninth Regi- 

 ment tried their rifles at Creedmoor, working to get in pro- 

 per trim for the October contest. Shooting at 200 and 500 

 yards. Practice fair for green hands, being about twelve 

 at 200 yards and ten at 500 yards. Eight men of 

 the Twenty-second Regiment team, also were on the 

 ground, and made quite good scores. Captain Hard- 

 ing, Drum. Major Strube, Sergeant Murphy, Captain Clan 

 Rnnold, Private Cocks, Sergeant Crawford and. Sergeant 

 Freeman madejespectively, at 200 yards, five shots, 14, 16, 



13, 17; at 500 yards, 17, 15, 15, 9, 



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— On Saturday last the Amateur Rifle Club had their 

 third contest for the prize badge. Seven rounds were fired, 

 and the following scores were made: 



- Name. Arm Used. Score. 



J. P. M. Eichards Sharpe sporting 3 4 3 444 4—26 



G. W. Wingate Bemington sporting 4 3 4 4 3 4 3—25 



G. W. Yale Sharpe sporting 444324 3-24 



H. Fulton Maynard 4 3 3 3 2 4 4—23 



B. Burton Ward Burton 3 3 3 4 8 4—22 



A. Pyle Remington sporting 2 3 4 3 3 4 3—22 



J. T. B. Collins Sharpe sporting 4 4 4 3 4 3-- 22 



A. S. Fowle Sbarpe sporting 4 2 4 3 2 3 4—22 



W. S." Gildersleeve Ward Burton 042434 4—21 



J. Bodine Remington sporting 233343 3—21 



W. Robertson Remington sporting 2 3 3343 3—21 



A. Anderson Ward Burton 3 3 3 3 2 3 2—19 



W. H. Richards Remington sporting 3 20424 3—18 



G. Capuch Sharpe sporting 202244 3—17 



J. E. McEwen Remington sporting 3 4423 0—16 



D. Cameron Remington sporting 24033 3 0—15 



W. S. Carr Remington sporting 042320 3—13 



Thomas Lloyd Ballard 40220 2—11 



A. Alford Remington sporting 230004 2—11 



— It may be remembered that Capt. Bodine had won 

 twice, had he made the biggest scores this time he would 

 have secured the prize. The shooting was remarkably 

 good. 



— The National Rifle Club at its annual meeting at Spring- 

 field, Mass., on September 3rd and 4th, made the follow- 

 ing very handsome score, which came to hand .too late 

 for publication in our last issue. The same Club is to 

 have a meeting at Croton Falls on the first Wednesday 

 in October. Conditions at Springfield, telescopic sights, 



fixed rests, and distance forty rods. 



First 



Shing. 



John Williamson New York 10}- 



W. W. Wetmore New Haven, Conn 18 1-16 



J. T. Hogeboom Ghent, New York 13 9-16 



A. S. Fowle Newark, N. J 16 3-16 



Thomas Williamson .... New York 15 5-16 



George W. Fowler Croton Falls, N. Y 14 9-16 



L. Amidon Bellows Falls, Vt 16* 



N. S. Brockway Bellows, Falls, Vt 22 5-16 



D. A. Brown (Sec) Jamaica Plain, Mass.. 164 



H. W. Smith Boston, Mass 22f 



A. Hebbard Boston, Mass 18 1-16 



N. Hatch Port Jervis. N. Y VM 



E. Phillips New York 17 11-17 



D. C. Pease Springfield. Mass 21 7-16 



A. Brown Fremont, N. H 154 



A. Haven Oxford, N. H 27 7-16 



— Stephensen Hartford, Conn ^ . 1 74 



— Pafkhurst Hartford, Conn 100 



The members of this club making the shortest aggregate 

 string in the thirty shots takes the medal, and has his name 

 engraved thereon, and holds it for the year. In the seven- 

 teen years during which the club has been in existence no 

 one member has taken it more than three times, the compe- 

 tition being so great, and the rifles so near perfection, and 

 each striving to do his best. Any one can become a mem- 

 ber by paying five dollars on the ground, and conforming 

 to the rules of the club, which money after paying ex- 

 penses, is divided into three prizes, and given to those 

 making the three best scores. The next semi-annual meet- 

 ing takes place in Chatham, New York, next May, and 

 the next annual meeting at Springfield, Massachusetts, on 

 the first Tuesday of September, 1874. 



— "The American Union Rifle Association" of Connecti- 

 cut, were announced to have a meeting on the 17th and 

 18th instant at Meriden, Connecticut, but as the latter is our 

 day of publication, we are precluded from printing the 

 results. Several targets are set, and cash prizes of various 

 values, open to all comers, are shot for. An invitation 

 was extended to the militia of the State to contest for 

 prizes assigned especially for them, and also to the Ger- 

 ifcan Union Rifle Clubs of Connecticut. An effort is be- 

 ing made to consolidate the several associations of the 

 State. 



— New Haven has a new rifle range laid out just below 

 Savin Rock, on land owned by George R. Kelsey, who 

 tenders it free of charge for the use of the Connecticut 

 National Guard. It is of two hundred, yards range, and 

 will be formally opened shortly at their target shoot. 



— At the four hundred yards range at Halifax, the Sixty- 

 third Volunteer Rifle Battalion representatives made fifty- 

 six bulls' eyes. Dominion riflemen will have to look sharp 

 and fire steady to beat the Sixty-third Battalion team at 

 Ottawa. In case the Provincial riflemen come here, our 

 own men of the National Rifle Associatien will have to 

 look sharp too. 



— A very distressing accident has occurred at Sussex, N. 

 B. , where a marker was killed, the ball striking the man 

 an inch and a half below and rather in the rear of the right 

 ear. The misfortune was due to the faulty construction of 

 the butt. Carmichael, the name of the unfortunate marker 

 was sitting on the plank seat against the butt and watching 

 the target through the glass when a shot came up. It went 

 to leeward and struck the inner side of the edge of the 

 board which showed up the range. This caused it to glance 

 inward, when it struck a second board edge, turning further 

 in and passing on into the marker's neck, as he had his face 

 near the side glass. Parties erecting rifle butts cannot be 

 too careful. The arrangements at Creedmoor are admirable 

 in every respect. 



— A correspondent calls our attention to an improvement 

 in breech-loaders, which does away with indicators — i. e. , 

 that portion of the mechanism which shows whether a car- 

 tridge is in the gun or not. The striker pin spring is left 

 out, the strikers being the indicators. When there is a 

 shell in the gun the striker sets upon it, but when the 

 striker slips in the barrel, it shows there is no shell in the 

 gun. 



j|#r mid i$iver ^ishiqg. 



FISH IN SEASON IN SEPTEMBER. 



Coast Fish. Lakes. 



Blueflsh. Skipjack, Horse Mackerel, Black Bass, (Mia opterus nigricans 



(T&mnodon saltator.) and archigan.) (two species.) 



Spanish Mackerel, (Cero mactdatmn.) Maskinontje, (Esoxestor and nohil- 

 Weakflsh, Scraetaug (Trout) Otoli- ior\) (two species.) 



thus.) Pickerel, (Esox retiadatns. ) 



Sheepshead, (Sargus oms,) Pike perch, Lucioperca Americana.) 



Bays and Estuaries. 

 Str%cd Bass, Rockflsh. (Labraxlm- Land-locked Salmon, (Salmo Gloveri 



eat/us.) 



—A great pigeon race of 500 miles, was lately flown from 

 Marseilles to Brussels. Of 1011 birds tossed off on the 29th 

 of July, very few have yet returned. Some have been 

 killed in Africa, 



With regard to the fishing in the State of Maine, we mee 1 

 fully the many inquiries addressed us, in the very complete 

 and comprehensive information which we print herewith. 



The only game fish in the State, excepting an exceptional 

 salmon taken in the Penobscot and Union rivers, are the 

 speckled or brook trout and the land-locked salmon. There 

 are plenty of togue, pickerel, and what are denominated 

 "lakers " which are similar to the togue. 



The largest brook trout in the State, or indeed in America, 

 except in the Nepigon, Lake Superior, are taken in the 

 Rangely Lakes, which lie in the northern part of Franklin 

 and Oxford counties, the size varying from one to ten pounds 

 each. Of thousands of these that have been caught, we 

 know of but two or three that weighed as high as ten pounds. 

 Many have been taken that over-run eight pounds. They 

 are identical with the speckled trout caught in the brooks 

 of Maine. The largest taken this season weighed eight 

 pounds. The heaviest weights are taken in September, 

 that being the best month when the large fish make their 

 appearance at the inlets and about the outlets of the lakes, 

 to deposite their spawn. 



The only lawful means of capture is by the artificial fly 

 and single baited hook or minnow. The larger part are taken 

 wth the fly. 



The water this season has been the lowest within memory. 

 Many of the streams and springs are entirely dry, in many 

 places drying up and leaving the young trout to die, 



The Rangely chain of lakes consists of Rangely, nine 

 miles long; Cupsuctic, seven miles: Mooselucmeguntir. 

 fourteen miles: Richardson, 'twelve miles; Umbagog, twelve 

 miles, Rangley being the upper one. All are connected by 

 thoroughfares from one to six miles between. Then there 

 is the Kennebago, situated twelve miles in the wilderness, 

 (whose waters flow into the Cupsuctic,) where there is splen- 

 did fishing. Also the Parmachene Lake, which is the head 

 waters of the Magalloway river, and flows into the Andros- 

 coggin river near the outlet of Umbagog Lake, where owing 

 to the difficulty of getting there, but little fishing is done, 

 and the fish are very plenty. They are not as large as they 

 are in the other lakes mentioned; size from one to five 

 pounds, with rarely one of seven, which is the largest we 

 have ever known of being taken there. Individuals who 

 have camped on its banks four weeks at a time, saw no per- 

 sons except their comrades. 



For the future use of our readers we give the routes to 

 the localities named, as follows : 



To Rangely Lake from Portland, Maine. — Take the Maine 

 Central cars for Farmington, stage from Farmington to 

 Phillips and Rangely, thirty-seven miles, which brings you to 

 the head of Rangely Lake. A sail boat runs daily across 

 the lake. At the foot of the lake is a carry of two miles to 

 Indian Rock, at the head of the Mooselucmeguntic and 

 foot of the Capsuctic lakes. Good hotels at Farmington, 

 Phillips and at head of Rangely Lake. 



To Kennebago Lake. — At Rangely you are twelve miles 

 from this lake. The route is through the woods via an old 

 logging road. Legs must take you there. Your baggage 

 can go via oxen and sled, slow but sure. Good partridge 

 shooting on the way, and after you have gone a few miles, 

 a good appetite too. 



Middle Dam on Outlet Richardson Lake. — Take the Grand 

 Trunk Cars at Portland for Bryant's Pond; stage to Andover, 

 twenty-four miles; private team to the arm of the lake, 

 twelve miles. From the arm of the lake you can take a 

 boat and go to any part of the lake you choose, or to the 

 upper Dam at Trout Cove on the Mooselucmeguntic Lake. 

 You will find good accomodations at Andover, and also 

 at the Middle and upper Dams, plenty of boats, guides, &c. 

 At Indian rock there is no hotel. There is a club house 

 there owned by the Oquassoc Angling Association, compos: 

 ed of gentlemen from all parts of New England and some 

 other States who are very gentlemanly and obliging, but 

 during the best fishing it has all they can accomodate of its 

 own members. 



To Parinarchene Lake,— Take the Grand Trunk Cars for 

 Bethel Hill, thence stage to Errol Dam, or stop at Upton 

 and cross Lake Umbagog to mouth of Magalloway, ten 

 miles up, the Magalloway to the upper settlement, fifteen 

 miles, which is the last settlement on the river. Here is a 

 carry of two miles past Arcescoos Falls. You then launch 

 your boat and go on twenty-seven miles to mouth of Little 

 Magalloway. Here is a carry of three miles; you must 

 walk it, and let your guide take your boat and baggage up 

 the river over the rapids to the lake. .After you get there 

 you can have it all your own way, and will be likely to 

 be monarch of all you survey. You will see plenty of 

 moose and deer tracks which will probably be the nearest 

 you will come to seeing the animals themselves, unless you 

 learn perfect woodcraft from the Forest and Stream. 



Land-locked salmon are not found in middle and the west- 

 ern parts of Maine except at SebagoLake and ponds leading 

 into it, Efforts are being made to introduce them into 



