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MJLJWI AM J MLIJ.yi. 



less than 1,200 deer were lulled by residents of Michigan 

 wiih their dogs. The enormous market shipments Of yenisohj 

 find the outrageous depletion of our deer forests, which has 

 gone on for years unchecked, arc about over. If your in 

 dealers desire enlightenment and consolation on this point, 1 

 beg them to await with patience the issuance of the next 

 volume of the " Compiled Laws of the State of Michigan." 



Indiaha SronTSMEN's Association.— The Indiana Sports- 

 men's Association held its biennial meeting at Indianapolis, 

 Feb, 7, Judge Byron K. Elliott in the chair. The meeting 

 tied to consider the "law ns proposed" by the com- 

 mittee appointed to draft it. General Morris stated that he 

 had given a copy of the proposed law for presentation to the 

 Legislature. It extends the time for shooting prairie chickens 

 from September 15 to September 1. Hon. Sylvester John- 

 son, President of the Horticultural Association of Indiana, 

 here addressed the meeting, favoring the united efforts of the 

 Sportsmen's Association and the Horticulturists toward the 

 adoption of more sttiogent laws looking to the protection of 

 quails. The executive committee was authorized to confer 

 ■with them on the subject. The association next proceeded to 

 elect officers for the two years ensuing. Gen. T. A. Morris 

 was unanimously re-elected President ; J. D. Lyle, of Colum- 

 bus. Vice President; John C. Wright, of Indianapolis, Treas- 

 urer; I). C. Bergundthal, of Indianapolis, Secretary. Peter 

 A. Huffman, Judge H. 0. Fox, W. A. Fisher, J. G. Barren 

 and Thomas H. Sharpe were appointed to act as an executive 

 committee. Gen. G. W. Buss, P. A. Huffman and Judge B. 

 K. Elliott were appointed a committee to confer with the 

 Legislature regarding the adoption of the game law proposed. 

 It was proposed by Dr. H. G. Carey to change the name of 

 the association from ''Indiana Sportsmen's Association " to 

 "Indiana Game Protective Association," which was unani- 

 mously agreed upon. On motion of J. G. Barren it was de- 

 cided that the association meet semi-annually, and the next 

 meeting set for the week of the State Fair in September next. 



A Nbtv Texas Club— Editor Forest and Stream : A gun 

 club was organized here yesterday, having for its object the 

 procuring of legislation necessary for the protection of game, 

 etc. The name of the club is "The Harrison County Gun 

 Club," and its officers are as follows: Pics., A. H. Stuart; 

 Vice-Pres., Morys Haggar ; Sec'y and Treas. , J. H. Gody. 



Marshall, Tex,, Feb. 4, 1879. J. H. G. 



Wi* Mite* 



THE FOREST AND STREAM AND ROD 



AND GUN TOURNAMENT g 

 For. the Short-Range Championship of 



1879 

 And throe team medals, which will be awarded to the teams 

 making the first, second and third best scores. Other prizes 

 will be offered also, to lake place at Conlin's shooting gallery. 

 Open to teams from any organized rifle club. 



Cviv.KiiviM— Teams— Each team shall consist ot ten nun. The teams 

 participating must be composed of members ot the various clubs 

 which they represent. Rifles-Limited to ten pounds In weight ; mini- 

 mum, pull ot trigger, three pounds; 32-100 cal. Teams may famish 

 their own rifles and ammunition, or use those at the gallery, as they 

 may desire. Number of Shots— Ten by each competitor. Sighting 

 Shots— Two shots will bo allowed each competitor. Position— Off- 

 hand. Targets— 200-yards targets, according to the regulations of the 

 N. K. A., reduced in proportion to the range at the gallery. Practice- 

 No practice allowed on the day of the match. Entrance Fee- Ten 

 dollars to be paid at theofflce of Hie Forest and Stueam and Rod and 

 Qtm, No. Ill Fulton street, N. Y. The match to be governed by 

 the rules of the N. K. A. relating to teams. 



The captains of tne several teams, entered before 9 o'clock on the 

 evening of Feb. '22, will meet at Conlin's Gallery at that hour and fix 

 upou the arrangements for carrying out the match, choose referees, 

 and decide In what order the respective teams shall shoot. The assem- 

 bled captains shall decide apon the date of opening the matches, and 

 the date at which the entries shall close. The referees shall elect an 

 umpire, whose decision in all cases shall be final. 



There are already assurances of eight teams offering in the 

 Fobest akd Stbeam Tournament of off-hand shooting, and 

 there are fully as many more who could do credit to them- 

 selves by offering as contestants. The New York, the Zettler, 

 the Scppenfeldt, the South Brooklyn, the Empire and other 

 clubs are preparing for the contest; but the Irish- American, 

 the Scottish- American, the Yorkville, the Police, Hellwig's 

 and a dozen regimental rifle clubs should appear, if the tour- 

 nament is to be all that its projectors intended. The gather- 

 ing of the representatives of the teams entered up to that 

 time will be held at the gallery on the evening of the 22d, 

 when the match will take definite shape in respect to date of 

 shooting. Many of the club men are now practicing steadily, 

 and some big scores are hinted at, one experienced gallery 

 shot saying, a day or two ago, that an average of 46 would be 

 required to carry off first place. 



Massage rrsKTTS— Medford. — On Wednesday, February 5, 

 the Medl'ord Uific Association held the first contest in the 

 classified match. The distance was 300 yards, 7 rounds, any 

 rifle. The shooters were divided into three classes, first to 

 include all who have made a mutch record of 33 in the pos- 

 sible 35, the second class all having a record between 28 and 

 32, and the third class those with a poorer score. The 

 winners of prizes to be decided by the aggregate of two best 

 scores whenever made. At the initial competition the lead- 

 ing score of the 48 entries 'stood: First class: R. Sawyer, 

 33 J 0. H. Russell, 31 ; II. It. D. Gushing, 31 j H. Witking- 

 ton, 31 ; E. W. Archer, 20 ; J. H. Eames, 29. Second class ; 

 H. S. Harris, 82; J. It. Tide, 29. 



Walnut Sill Range, Boston, Mass. — Mr. William M. 

 Farrow, of New York, was one of the contestants in the 

 sixth renewed competition of the Massachusetts Bit! e Asso- 

 ciation for the Maynard ritle and collateral sport and conse- 

 quential glory. The members turned out in good numbers, 

 swelling the entry list to titi. The wind was quiet, but with 

 200 yards of glistening snow between the marksmen and the 

 little black bull's-eye speck some irregular firing was done 

 Farrow, the " BCbuetzenfeBt" king, took first place with 40 in 

 the possible SO, a total which Capt. W. H. Jackson tied but 

 did not pass. The best scores stood : 



WM Farrow ■' B 4 6 8 4 B 4 B 5-46 



Cant. W II Jackson 6 5840. (564 -1—10 



ftftftVll!... 4 46444B6S 5— 16 



4 5 4 I r, 4 I 5 4 5-44 



t'Alirowu I 4 4 B 4 4 r, — i f 



15 W Archer 



KliSontucr , ,444481 



UTvli'r >] ,| j .| 6 .16 6 4 4-18 



LSairaflers I 14 5 4 5 i 4 4-42 



JNlOlMJlfl i -1 4 3 6 li 4 i 5 4—12 



W K (lucirier 4 4 .\ r, .| 4 5 4 4 4—42 



II s Harris 4 46444444 4_.11 



1 1 rer 11 1 ,'j 544444 4-41 



w c Thomas 4 r> 9 .1 -i ;, 344 4—31 



EEBardy 3 s r. i. 34368 4-29 



A 11 Archer 4 4 :i H 5 S (4 4— 86 



HWV ton 4 8 4 8 a 3 4 3 3 4— SB 



F 8 Reynolds (j 4 3 1 t l 2 2 4 2—34 



Boston Galleuv Shooting.— The February monthly shoo 

 opened with a very good score list, and there are many one's 

 hopeful of taking the $20 cash offered to the first maker of a 

 clean score of eight bull's-eyes. This prize is in addition to the 

 three regular or the match. The record for the first week 

 stood, at 150 feet, eight rounds at reduced target: 



F. W Archer... ii5_5l | li -. , ...s 4 4 4 5 4 4 6-35 



BeD Lamii S 5 4 -1 I I 5 5- 34 1. M Pinole*.. ..8 4 4 4 4 4 G u -<f. 



W 11 Hester ok. 4 4 3 4 4 I 5 ,—35 It Thomas. .. ■"• 6 4 4 4 4 4 6—85 

 KJ llestartek ..4 4 4 4 t 5 r. 5—36 A B Archer K 4 5 4 4 5 4 5-34 



OO Barrel! 4 5 5 4 4 4 4 5—.;:. Geo E Everett.. 4 i 5 4 i i 4 ;,— :« 



J .! limine 4 1 4 4 4 5 6 5 -Si A K J'llies 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 8— StS 



E STobey, Jr ..4 4 4 4 I r, 5 f.-3, Uti'j B Rice 6 14 3 4 6 4 6-34 



W S Arnuud ....444445 5 5—85 F H Hartsllom.5 444444 5-34 



W Bradford 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5—35 



Springfield, Feb, 11.— "II. S. Armory Team;" 300 and 



500 yards, off-hand. The 500 was made with quite a strong 

 wind blowing about S o'clock across the ice upon which we 

 were standing without shelter: 



S 3 4 4 — 41 



4 4 6 B-41 



5 5 3 4— 3S 

 5 4 4 2—37 

 4 4 1 5— Id 



4 3 5-34 



SBBnmtfead -ijgg."^ 5 g 



300.... 3 .1 4 

 5110.... il 



Tt T Hare i 



**<** fc:I I 



"Cranston , ,', > § \ £ J ^ * * £3 



o |f null -"' 444443455 5-J2 



* " ijl " 1 (5110.... 2 3 5 J 5 3 3 8 4— Sit 



S. S. BlIMSTEAD. 



Connecticut — GolUnaoille, Feb. 0.— The following are the 

 scores made at a regular meeting of the Canton Bod and Gun 

 Club to-day : 200 yards, off-hand, 10 shots : 



llass. Creed. Mn«a rii-taart 



O BHuli 101 



JHBidwell so 



J Laubenstein si 



SiJi'i'ENiELDT's Rifle Club. — The following officers have 

 been chosen for the following year: President, John W. 

 Adams; Vice-Pres., Max Kerr.; Capt., Ernest Holtzrnan; 

 Treas., Isaac Garrison; Sec, Geo. C. Walters; Financial 

 Sec, Win. Beppenfeldt. The club will ba represented in the 

 Fokest and Stbeam gallery tournament. At the last meeting 

 of the club the following scores were made by the members 

 out of the possible 50 : 



Isaac Garrison is Eel Dreacher 44 



Max Kern 43 ,1 Chambers 44 



Q C Walters 47 F Breiman 44 



li Holizraan 4T BB Douglass 40 



John Solratz 17 Chi Lalng s» 



A uruenetiergr 48 O Decker 30 



Wru Seppenleldt 46 Chi D Colon 3s 



John Adams 4fi 6 E Maaurk :js 



John Haas 44 J Hoaglaud 37 



John item It W J Leary 35 



The Police Rifle Club, practicing at Seppenfeldt's Gallery, 

 scored as follows at their last weekly competition : 



Pat Brennan 14 M Johnston 43 



■IJ Oraea 11 JHajrgerty 42 



Frank Fuchs 11 &F Mailer 99 



D Ryan 43 W Sum 89 



John Malier 43 B Kane...., 3S 



Feb. 7.— Creedmoor rules, possible 50 : 



John Sc.hu .z 49 John Chambers 42 



John W Adams is E B Douglass 48 



E Holtemann 43 T Hegan 41; 



Isaac liairison IS L bachman 4i 



(i Wallers 41 Joan MoUqv 43 



Mas Kern ,..47 ChlLatng 89 



John Hern , 47 Chi ,r D Cuien as 



Wm Seppoufeldt 45 G EMagnrk 33 



lid Dreaoher ...48 o Decker 37 



P Brennan 44 W JLeary 36 



G. C. W. 



—A match will take place at Zettler'a rifle gallery, 207 

 Bowery, for the Championship of the United States ; open to 

 all comers ; entrance fee, S$5. Will commence Monday, Feb. 

 17. J ii Lie, 2a calibre, 3 pound pull. 



Siaten Island.— The Rossmoor Rifle Club have laid out 

 an interesting series of matches to be competed on the Hugue- 

 not Height Range during the present shooting season. There 

 are a number of members' badges and all-comers' badges as 

 well. Of these latter the most important is the "Rifle 

 Badge," presented by Mr. J. It. Le Roy. The conditions of 

 the match provide : Distances, 200 and 300 yards-, position, 

 standing; rifle, any; rounds, seven, with privilege of two 

 sighting shots at each distance. Entrance fee, twenty-five 

 cents. To be held by the competitor making the highest 

 score at the first meeting] and until the next, when the highest 

 score will take it and hold it till next competed for; and 

 finally to be awarded to the competitor winning it three times 

 (not necessarily consecutively) in any one year (January to 

 1 s id for competition are April 12, 

 May 10, June 7 aud 81, July 10, Aug. 10 and 30, Sept. 13, 

 Oct. 11 and Nov. 15. On these days also pool matches will 

 be fired, at which, as with competition for the rifle badge, all 

 members in good standing of any rifle club in the world are 

 admitted. To reach the range train boats may be taken from 

 the Whitehall street ferry at and 11 a. m. and 1 p. m., con- 

 necting with trains for Huguenot. The officers of the club 

 irreut year arc: Pres., Lewis M. Carnes : Vice-Pres. 

 aiulCapt., George AV. Ellis; Bec'y and Treas., William M. 

 Wright; Lieut., Henry T. Metcalfe; Surgeon, C. Alfred 

 Orymes.M. 11.; Director. — Eugene Britton. Lowis M. Carnes, 

 Cornelius C. Eilis, George \V r . ;Ellis, C. Alfred Grym.es, J. 

 Rutgers Le Roy, Henry Mason, Henry T. Metcalfe, Wilfiam 

 M. Wright. 



— The New York and Bergen Point rifle clubs met at the 

 range of the latter club on the 8th inst., and indulged in 



9 '•'•"' " '• ' H b B til I resemblance to a match. After al- 



tno il '. tling at sixes and sevens, the marksmen settled down 

 on a nine by ten arrangement, and the New Yorkers shooting 

 ten men against the nine for the Jerseymon, of course 

 showed the better total and won the glory. It was a queer 

 match all round, ami it was evident during the contest— as it 

 certainly does look now— that somebody bad blundered. Nuf 

 cedl 



Gebmas Shoottsg Soo/ety Elections.— At an 

 meeting ot 'the New York Schuet/.eu Corps, I1H1 . 

 headquarters, 98 Fo apt. Aery having declined 



a re-election, Mr. David G. Yueugling Was cho 

 mously and honorably installed. The mere 

 bet of members has necessitated the increase in the number 

 of Lieutenants to three. The lull list of office] 

 D. G. Yuengling, Captain ; Anton Meyer, First Lieutenant ; 

 J. N. Cruaiua, Second Lieutenant; Johu H. Meyc 



it; Henry L. Meyer, Treasurer ; B. H. Fienken, 

 l'rot. Secretary ; D. Meschendorf, Financial gi 



1 idian ; Philip Klein and John Brumerhop, 

 Shooting Masters, All other Officera, as doctor, color 

 bearers, etc., are nominated by the captain. The several 

 clubs below have chosen the officers named for the year 

 1879. 



New Tori: ... ,,>.?.— Captain, C. F. Cen- 



nerich ; Prot. Secretary. Henry Kroger ; Financial Secre- 

 tary, D. Meersse; Treasurer, Charles Lehiitler; Custodian, 

 •I.Luhrs. The captain named (he following: As Orderly, 

 John F. Zeller ; First Lieutenant, II. Iteiling ; Second Lieu- 

 tenant, George Culler ; Third Lieutenant, IE Meyer ; Fourth 

 Lieutenant, L. Miller. Shooting Masters— Jac. 'Dux, W. F. 

 Kite ; Color Bearers, John Page, J. Bottcher, C. Ahtlcrs: 

 Stewart, John Ranges. 



tetgen Oorps.^ Captain, B.Lippmann j Sec- 

 retary, B. von Radowitz; Treasurer, John C. Wenher ; Fi- 

 nancial Secretary, John Miller ; Shooting Masters— Tlico 

 Gubelmann, Ludwig Miller ; Custodian, Fred. Si 1 



Newark Sdiuttzoi jl«ioc/'ii/n?(..— PresidcntJIerinann Hclialk 

 Vice-President, F. H. Wismer ; Shooting Masters, 1 1 

 Belcher, Albert Scitz ; Treasurer, John Klenert ; Prot. Sec- 

 retary, A. C. Fromann; Financial Secretary, William 

 Schmander, Jr.; Directors, P. Haefeli, Wm. Haves, Aug. 

 Bergerow, Carl F. Seilz, Joseph Christl, Frank 8. Harrison, 

 Jacob Gauch, F. Lehmacher, Otto Hilpert, Chr. Kroegel. 



Toledo, Ohio, < Club. — Gustav Baither, President ; 



Hermann Baumbach, Vice-President; E. L Valois, Corres- 

 ponding Secretary ; E. Cloldman, Financial Secretary ; M. 

 Vsentbal, Treasurer: Shooting Masters, A. Muller, H. Mid- 

 ler; TJlr. Geiobueliler, Color Bearer; Directors, 11. Heine- 

 man, Fritz Grasser, George Weber. 



New York Schuetzm Gilde. — Jacob Best, Captain ; Geo. 

 Schindler, First Lieutenant ; Ph. Ettel, Second Lieutenant j" 

 H. E. Henckel, Prot. Secretary ; Geo. Hoepfner, Financial 

 Secretary; Peter Maun, Treasurer. 



The Jersey Schuetzen Corps opened a regular practice on 

 the 12th, and will continue on each alternate Wednesday. 



The Helvetia Rifle Club, the oldest of aU shooting organ- 

 izations of New York and vicinity, never ceased 

 their practice day during the winter ; they intend now to 

 practice on mid-ranges — another step forward. 



A "Bundesschiessen" similar to that held at Union Hill 

 last summer, will be given at Chicago in June. 



One of the greatest events of the season will be tin 

 sion of the New York Independent Schuetzen to 

 Falis in the month of June. The first day after arrival will 

 be devoted to a grand shooting festival at the Falls, and the 

 second day to sight-seeing, and in the evening a ball-cham- 

 petre and summer night's festival. 



Pbnbsylvania Wakino Up— Editor Forest and Stream : 

 It was with pleasure I read the account of the proposed rifle 

 range at the Driving Park at Philadelphia in your issue of 

 this w-eek. We Pennsylvanians have (I say have.) been quite 

 backward in establishing a thorough system of rifio stirs 

 in our State, but we have determined to wake up a little and 

 commence our work in earnest, and to that end we have or- 

 ganized the Pennsylvania State Rifle Association, with the 

 following named as its officers: Pres., W. H. Baucli, Esq.; 

 Vice-Pres., J. M. Root ; Sec'3% Lieut. Geo. Ban;. 

 A. B. Parker. With an energetic gentleman like Mr. Ranch 

 at its head, w r e feel sure that the Pennsylvania Riflf 

 lion will be a success. Wo have in this association ome oJ 

 Pennsylvania's best military officers and disciplinarians, who 

 are very much interested, as it is desirable to have a range 

 whereon our Slate military may practice. Tlus association 

 also includes a number of prominent scientific and reliable 

 shots, such as Messrs. Leopold, Price, Fox, Bartley, Root. 

 Capt. Chris. Kunzig and others. The working material is 

 plentiful and efficient, but as yet we are not in possession of 

 a suitable place or range on winch we might find to what ef 

 feci w T e have labored and on which we may see the f mil of 

 our future work. In fact, we are a rifle association without a 

 range, or very similar to a jug without a handle—.. 

 here, but the handle is minus. What we desire is a good 

 range in a convenient and central locality, easy of access to 

 all affiliated rifle clubs. Had we a suitable range, I would 

 vouch for the numbers of skillful and scientitic shots which 

 our State is certainly capable of putting in the front, rank, as 

 compared with organizations ol afiki 1 v inch may 



be seen from the following maiden efforts of some of its 

 members (shooting in accordance with N. R. A. rules, 8-inch 

 bull's-eye): 

 Best record at 101) yards 22musecutive 



« 200 " .^. la in a possiu. 



•1 S00 " 3a 



while some have made creditable scores at the i 



range. The range at Philadelphia which you have mentioned 



in the Foi'.kst and Stream is not quite 1 



pur purpose, but if we could not do better we had better try 



it. But my opinion is that some tract of ground suitable for 



the purpose might be found along some railroad which could 



be had of the railroad authorities on favorable terms, which 



would make it convenient to the Pennsylvania State Hide 



Association and profitable to the railroad company. 



Yours truly, A. B. P. 



Norrismm, Pa., Feb. S, 1879. 



NewOelbass, Froymoor— The general diilnesshere has not 

 been without its effect on field sports, and we have as yet had 

 but little worthy of note. Frogmoor, the rifle park of the 

 Orescent City Club, WEB opened a short lime ago, and 

 yesterday the second contest for the Military Trophy was 

 shot there. The trophy, which is really an elegant affair, 

 was Won by the' Louisiana Militia Team, in Mobile, in July, 

 187S, and these contests arc held to decide which eomiiiaiut Of 

 those composing the team shall act as the custodia 

 prize for a certain period. By a rather curious arrangement 

 the men composing the sub-teams, if I may use the expres- 

 sion, are numbered, and only the ■•:• • 



lowed to shoot, that is to say if, as on yesterday, numbers 3, 

 3 and 4 of any of the teams we absent the number one only is 



