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—We are pleased to know that a dozen or so "gunners " 

 were arrested near Englewood, New Jersey, a week ago 

 Sunday for violation of that clause of the game laws which 

 prohibits shooting on the Sabbath, under a penalty of $25 

 for each offence. There are some thorough sportsmen in 

 that vicinity and they compel a close observance of the 

 laws. 



— The Hartford Timet says "ruffed grouse are plenty this 

 fall. Pot hunters and men and boys of all degrees of 

 sportsmanship, in all the wooded regions about the State, 

 are shooting or snaring these plump-breasted birds by 

 scores. The market in this city is well supplied, and the 

 price still keeps up at $1 a pair, at retail. This is partly 

 owing to the demand for New York city, which takes 

 about all the surplus birds that don't find a market here. ,! 



— Rev. A. Lamberton, of Rochester, an author and hun- 

 ter naturalist of considerable repute, has just returned from 

 a three months' sojourn in the Parrsboro district of Nova 

 Scotia, where he has been chiefly engaged in scientific in- 

 vestigations. He reports having killed one caribou at 

 Half Way river, and seen abundant sign of moose, besides 

 three of the brutes themselves. The moose tracks were the 

 largest he ever saw, the imprints on the moss along the 

 barrens measuring ten inches in diameter. He had with 

 him the famous guide, John Logan, who is familiar with 

 the whole Cobequid range of ^mountains, and whom every 

 one speaks of in the highest terms. We are glad to add 

 the weight of Rev. Mr. Lamberton's testimony as to his 

 excellent traits and skill in woodcraft. If anyone wishes 

 John's services, address him at Half Way river P. O., Cum- 

 berland county, Nova Scotia. 



— The season for " calling " moose will be ended by the 

 close of the month. It is an interesting and remarkable 

 fact that the bull moose eats but little during the rutting sea- 

 son. He begins the fall campaign as early as August in 

 some districts and is then in fine bodily vigor and condi- 

 tion. As time advances he becomes gradually thinner 

 and more reduced until at last he is cadaverous and gaunt, 

 and his flesh poor, tough, and unpalatable. The cow alone 

 is fit to eat in winter, and consequently it has been the habit 

 of the Indians and other hunters to kill the bulls for their 

 hides, and leave their carcasses to rot in the woods, thus 

 hastening the extermination of this largest of the deer fam- 

 ily, whose numbers are already few and their limits cir- 

 cumscribed. We append elsewhere a graphic description 

 of the mode of hunting moose by calling. 



— Grey squirrels are unusually abundant about Boston 

 this season. Partridge and quail are also more plentiful 

 than usual. Ducking is fair. A two hours' ramble, a 

 "little out" in the bush and groves and contiguous fields is 

 pretty sure to bring to light a flock or two of quail, a brace 

 or two of partridge, and a number of "greys." 



—The great challenge Squirrel Hunt of the Potsdam Sport- 

 ing Club came off last week, resulting in large counts on 

 both sides and a pretty even amount of game. Capt. Trac- 

 er's company had a count of 5,390 and Capt. Swift's 4,725, 

 giving Traver a victory by 665 counts. The following 

 members of the club had the highest counts: G. L. East- 

 man, 725 : W. W. Morgan, 715, and H. Jones, 690. James 

 Bridge brought up the other end with a count of 155. Mr. 

 Morgan, it was not much of a day for chipmuncks, brought 

 in 129 of that species of quadruped. 



The game killed was as follows : — 



Grey sauirreis 34 Blue jays t 13 



Bed squirrels 67 Pigeons 3 



Chipmunks 1372 Blackbirds 26 



Partridges 14 Meadow lark 



Crows. 

 Ducks. 



8 Yellow hammer. 

 1 



The supper, Thursday night, at the American House, 

 was an elaborate one, and did credit even to Mr. Bridge's 

 former efforts in that direction. 



— The Germantown Telegraph, referring to a supposed 

 wild cat seen recently in Chester county, Pennsylvania, 

 suggests that it may be a domestic feline that ill treatment 

 has driven to the woods, which is quite likely, as such cases 

 are not rare. On Hart's Island, opposite Palatka, Florida, 

 the proprietor of an orange grove was for some seasons se- 

 riously annoyed by animals which he readily recognized 

 as his own domestic cats run wild, and his dogs bore nu- 

 merous scars of wounds which they had received in tooth 

 and nail encounters with the varmints, which were found 

 more difficult to eradicate than the veritable wild cats them- 

 selves. The dogs were large brutes, employed to protect 

 the plantation from thieves and trespassers. 



— The same paper also says in its last issue: 



We have known 109 rail to be killed on a single tide at 

 Bridesburg, in former years, and from sixty to eighty hap- 

 pened on one or two occasions every season. We never 

 bagged over forty-one, with eight to ten reed birds, the lat- 

 ter'being shot on retiring from the marsh along the gut On 

 the falling of the tide. "There would be. frequently from 

 ten to twenty boats engaged during the three or three and 

 a half hours' shooting, and every boat with a "good shot" 

 in it, and a vigorous"" pusher " would secure about the same 

 number. On one occasion, and that in October too, we 

 bagged twenty fine birds in twenty-one shots, which was 

 our best shooting. 



—A Tribune correspondent says that bears ere seldom 

 seen in Greenland, and that so large a number of reindeer 

 have been killed since the introduction of guns and gun- 

 powder that they are becoming scarce. The inspector of 

 the District of Oomiuak states that no less than ten thou- 

 sand reindeer have been killed within his jurisdiction dur- 

 ing the past thirty years. The natives kill them for mere 

 sport, and will in time almost, if not wholly, exterminate 

 them from the Greenland coast. 



—A letter from Mobile, Alabama, c^^ts ducks pienti- 

 tul thereabouts, with quail and snip;' thn-c weeks behind 

 time 



—A Nashville correspondent writes to us of wood duck 

 shooting on the bottoms of the Cumberland river, that va- 

 riety of game being quite abundant all the way from, Nash- 

 ville to the forks, three hundred and forty miles above, es- 

 pecially in the month of October, when the white acorns 

 commence falling. He gives an incident in his experience. 

 He writes: — 



"There was a large white oak that grew on the bai)k,and the acorns fail- 

 ing rolled into the river. I saw the wood ducks had collected there to 

 feed- -a large gang of them— and sol built me a blind about twenty-five 

 yards distant from the feed ground, and the next morning got up at day 

 break and walked down in the blind and stowed myself away as small as 

 possible; 1 did not have long to wait, for while I was pushing my gun out 

 through the blind in the direction, I heard the birds come rushing through 

 the air and dash into the water near me; and as soon as they swam up to- 

 gether— bang! bang! went both barrels, and the water appeared tome 

 to be covered with dead and wounded for quite a space around. I went 

 for my canoe and picked up twelve ducks, the handsomest birds that 

 swim. They breed all along the river. 1 have seen them go into hollow 

 sycamore trees to nest and bring forth their young." 



The same correspondent tells of having bagged forty- 

 three quail, five rabbits, and four partridges in a single 

 morning's work. This region is very little hunted. The 

 mild winters are very favorable for breeding, and the 

 greatest enemies the quail's have are the minks and hawks, 

 which levy upon them heavily. Deer and wild turkey are 

 also found along the Cumberland in considerable numbers. 



—livi-p is a characteristic letter from an old "coon" in 

 New Mexico: — 



EuzAJiKTHTow.N, Colfax Co., N. M., September 30, 1873. 

 Euitok Forest axd Stream:.— 



This town is a mere mining camp, having no organization devoted to 

 sport, except gambling. The people are all on the make, and come and 

 go pretty much after the fashion of ducks. Buffalo are in abundance 150 

 miles south of here, also Comanche Indians. I received two copies of 

 your paper for which you have my thanks, and will subscribe when I 

 strike pay dirt. I own a good gun and spend a day occasionally amongst 

 the deer, which are in abundance. Any further information will be glad- 

 ly given. Yours, D. B. S. 



Portland, Me., October 12, 1873. 

 Editor of Forest and Stream: — 



At a meeting of this flourishing wide awake club a few 

 days ago, among other interesting matters concerning the 

 welfare of this promising association, the gratifying fact 

 was announced that the club now numbers upwards of 

 sixty member?, in whose hands the game laws of Maine 

 Svill find true supporters. All pot-hunters and reckless 

 slaughterers will find these "down east woods," unless the 

 laws are implicitly obeyed, hard roads to travel. Our club 

 is comparatively young as yet, and has no debts, with a 

 considerable sum in the treasury, and we shall always be 

 happy to see any friends from New York who would come 

 on and pay us a visit. This club is emphatically the ene- 

 my of all "duck netters," and a reward of $125 is offered 

 for proof of any violation of the law. Annexed to the 

 rooms of the club is a fine collection of stuffed birds, and 

 quite a sum has been raised by the members in order to 

 decorate the rooms so as. to add instruction as well as 

 amusement to "the association. W. 



— At the Buffalo Driving Park, on October 14th, two ex- 

 citing pigeon matches took place. Each match was for 

 $250 a side, fifty single birds, twenty-one yards boundary, 

 H. and T. plunge trap. Mr. Joseph Dingens acted as ref- 

 eree in both matches. The parties to these matches were, 

 in one, Mr. C. L. Burgess, of Buffalo, with his old antag- 

 onist, George Eogers, whom he beat in a match shot in that 

 city on the 30th ultimo; in the other, Mr. W. J. Close, of 

 Pontiac. Michigan, was pitted against Mr. H. Miller, of 

 Markham, Ontario. The shooting commenced at about 

 two o'clock, Messrs. Close and Miller taking their guns and 

 shooting at twenty -five birds. After they had finished that 

 number Messrs. Burgess and Rogers commenced their 

 match at fifty birds. After this was concluded Close and 

 Miller shot at the remaining twenty-five birds. Below we 

 give the score in the two matches, from which it, will be 

 seen that there was some remarkably good shooting in both, 

 Mr. Rogers killing twenty-eight straight birds :— 



THE KOGERS AND BURGESS MATCH. 



Rogers 1 1111111111111111 1111 



11111110 11111 1111111 



11111 1— 47 

 Burgess.... 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 l 



10011111 1111100111111 



111111 1-43. 



THE CLOSE AND MIIJJSK MATCH. 



Close 1 111111 11111111111111 



1111111 1111110 111111 



111110 1111111110 10 1—46. 



Miller 11111111111111111111111110 11111 



011111011111101011 1—45. 



Another shooting match between Charles L. Burgess, of 

 Buffalo, and George Rogers, of St. Catherines, Out. came 

 off at Cold Springs, Buffalo, on October 15th. There was 

 a large attendance, the match of the previous day creating 

 quite an excitement among sportsmen. The match was for 

 $100, fifty double birds each, twenty-one yards rise, and 

 eighty yards boundary, from H. and T. plunge traps. M. 

 J. Close, of Pontiac, Michigan, was referee. Mr. Burgess 

 won by two birds : — 



C. L. Burgess— 10 10 00 10 00 00 11 11 10 11 00 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 11 

 11 10 10 11 10 11—30. 

 G. Eogers— 10 10 11 10 00 11 01 00 10 11 11 10 11 (30 11 00 11 11 00 

 10 00 11 10 11 00-28. 



— At the garrison common of Toronto, the rifle match of 

 G. T. R. Rifle Association took place last week. The fol- 

 lowing are some of the best scores made: Ranges 200, 300, 

 and 500 yards. Five rounds at each range. Best score — 

 Sergeant Maj. Cruit— 45. Ranges 200, 400 and 600. Five 

 rounds at each range. Sergeant Maj. Gray — 45. Team 

 shooting — ranges 200, 400 and 500 yards. Five members, 

 No. 2, Battery— 186. Ranges 400, 500 and GOO rounds. 

 Five rounds at each range. Sergeant Maj. Cruit— 42. At 

 400 yards — seven rounds. Ostron made 22 



— It is not to be supposed because the great event of the 

 year, the Annual Prize Meeting, came to a most fcrtunate 

 conclusion last week at Creedmoor that the interest in rifle 

 shooting has the least abated. On Saturday last a spirited 

 competition took place between members of several com- 

 panies of the New York Seventh for a cartridge shell 

 badge and a handsome gold badge offered by the first com- 

 pany of that regiment. The first-mentioned badge is very 

 insignificant in value, being merely two polished brass 

 shells placed across a piece of cloth, yet the competition 

 for this trophy has been very active, and the members have 

 taken just as much interest in winning this so termed regi- 

 mental prize badge as if it were worth hundreds of dol- 

 lars. This was the tenth competition for the badge, the 

 conditions being five shots at five hundred yards. Mr. J. 

 P. M. Richards has won it several times, and in this in- 

 stance again came off victorious by a score of seventeen 

 points. Messrs. Gardner, McMillan, Price, and Sanford 

 came next by a score of 17, 16, 16, 16 points respectively. 

 In the second competition the gold badge was won by Cor- 

 poral McMillan, of the first company, he making sixteen 

 points out of a possible twenty at two hundred yards. In 

 this competition the winner of the shell badge, Mr. Rich- 

 ards, made only ten points, Sanford fourteen, Gardner 

 thirteen, and Price ten. Corporal McMillan also won a 

 badge for the best aggregate score of the day. We hear 

 that- the first company of the Seventh regiment propose 

 offering for competition a Gatling gun, to be shot for by 

 teams from the different companies of the regiment in the 

 early part of November; distance, 200, 500, and 600 yards; 

 five shots each man. The Seventh did not enter a team at 

 the first annual meeting of the National Rifle Association, 

 but seems inclined to go it alone just now. On Saturday 

 next there will be two exciting matches. The Amateur 

 Club Badge will be shot for at five hundred yards. It has 

 been won so far by Captain Bodine twice, by Captain "Win- 

 gate once, and by Mr. Richards once. Should Mr. Win- 

 gate win the third time he will be entitled to the badge. 

 The Turf, Field and, Farm. Badge will also be contested for; 

 distance two hundred yards, to be won under the same 

 conditions as the Amateur Badge. So far the winners have 

 been Messrs. Bodine, Wingate and Collins, each having 

 secured it once. Several new prizes of great worth are 

 being arranged for, which we will shortly announce. Until 

 the snow sets in we may expect to hear Creedmoor resound- 

 ing with the crack of the rifle. 



— The annual meeting of the New York Rifle Club, 

 Judge E. Hogeboom of Ghent, N. Y., President, was held 

 at Croton Falls last week, under quite unfavorable circum- 

 stances, the weather being rainy with strong winds, and the 

 members using telescopic rifles with fixed rests. Distance 

 forty rods. Three strings of ten shots were shot, George 

 W. Fowler, of Croton Falls, and Secretary of the Club, 

 winning his three strings measuring 38 15-16 inches. There 

 wore fifteen entries. 



First String. Second String. Third String. 



G. W. Fowler... 13 15-16 G. W. Fowler. .10| J. T. Hogeboom.. .,114 



F. King 15 3-16 N. Hatch 13 3-16 N. Hatch". : .13 



Peck 16 3-16 J.T.Hpgeboom.18 13-16 G. W. Fowler 14i 



— A very interesting rifle match has just been concluded 

 at Halifax between the regulars and the volunteers, the con- 

 testants being the Sixtieth Royal Rifles and the Sixty-third 

 Volunteer Rifle Battalion. The Sixtieth Royals were ad- 

 mitted to be crack shots in the English army, using a 

 Martini-Henry rifle, which is a more accurate weapon than 

 the Snider-Enfield, with which the volunteers wei e armed. 

 Ranges used were at 200, 300, 400, and 500 yards; five 

 rounds at each distance; five squads of five men on each 

 side shooting. The volunteers won by a single point, the 

 total score being for the Sixty-third 1,139; for the Sixtieth 

 1,138. Sergeant Bowler, of the Sixtieth, and Sergeant 

 Bishop, of the Sixty-third, each scored, sixty -five. Cor- 

 poral Brock, of the Sixtieth, at four hundred yards, made 

 five bull's eyes in succession. The two highest individual 

 scores made were as follows: — 



m)yds. SMyfa 4U0 yds. tffoyds. Total 



Bishop 14 15 111 17 65 



Bowler 12 17 18 18 65 



The Halifax Daily Reporter, from whose columns'we have 

 made the above abstract, says "the match may be looked 

 upon more as a test trial of the two weapons — the Snider- 

 Enfield and the Martini-Henry— than as a test of skill be- 

 tween the riflemen. There seems to be no question that if 

 the Sixty-third had the same rifle as the Sixtieth they would 

 have beaten by larger figures. The Martini-Henri is a much 



superior rifle to the Snider-Enfield." 



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—Captain McRitchie, commanding the Tallapoosa, has 

 in his possession the flag unfurled by Captain Hall when he 

 took possession of land 82 degrees 26 minutes north lati- 

 tude, in the name of God and the United States. Aside 

 from this, the flag- has an interesting history. It is known 

 as the "Grinnell" flag, and was first used by the United 

 States ship Peacock in her researches in the Antarctic ocean 

 with the Wilkes exploring expedition. It was next used 

 by Lieutenant Be Haven in the Grinned expedition in 

 search of Sir John Franklin, and subsequently by Dr. 

 Kane in his Arctic explorations. Still later it was used by 

 Dr. Hayes in his North Pole expedition, and lastly by Cap- 

 tain C. F. Hall of the Polaris. It may be said of this his- 

 toric flag that it has been further north and further south 

 than any other flag in the world. It is the property of Mr. 

 Henry M. Grinnell, of New York, who has presented it to 

 every polar expedition, from that of De Haven down to 

 Hall's. It was turned over to Captain McRitchie by Cap- 

 tain Buddington, to be returned lo Mr. Grinnell. It is of 

 ordinary bunting, about eight feet by three feet, and has 

 twenty-four stars of white "muslin sewed into the Tv. 

 —Army and Navy Jovnud, 



