54 



FOREST AIND STREAM. 



triages ha?e been been loaded for any length of time. I bavo 

 seen a duck killed at ninety yards with it, but this is an ex- 

 ception. On the contrary," I bave tried to kill doves at twen- 

 ty steji- iv, taking rest at that, so that no fault 

 should be with my aim, and nave stripped them of feathers 

 : * them in the least. My shells were kept in a 

 where dampness could not reach them. You are at 

 liberty to publish this over the signature of, 

 Very respectfully, Ad. Vance. 



The Grande Poule d'JUmiai (trial pool) opened tin; (irnu 1 <; ■■.m 



Wednesday, January v2, when Captain Tint raine forth rirtt bv killing 

 tiiii teen running :tt M metres, nr anoul. vo yard*. 



Baton natntaay, January as, mo boll was opened by the more Im- 

 portant event of Prtx d'Oatwfure, when seventy stiouteis competed 

 while. Che Wind was blowing iilmoa; a (rale, and. the bird*, consequently, 

 taking to flight wiiii a speed at tunes incredible. The utmost skill waa, 

 therefore, necessary, and the lines snoot tie. It may tie 



remarked the first three winners shot with guns by uougall, ol Hi. 



i , London, there oemg no makers in Europe to equal those 



THE CHARGES AGAINST BOGARDUS. ) 



A MOST damaging series of charges have been made 

 against Capt. A. H. Bogardus in connection with his 

 recent shooting exhibition at Gilmore's Garden, where he was 

 advertised to break on a wager of $1,000 even 6,000 glass 

 balls out of 0,200; or, at odds of $500 against $1,000 6,000 out 

 of 6,100 ; or, at odds of $100 to $1,000, 6,000 glass balls with- 

 out a miss, the balls to be sprung from the Bogardus screen 

 trap at 15 yds. rise. 



iDsiead of 15 yds, rise it is charged that the rise was but 

 1 1 yds. i! feet, from an unscreened trap, and that the glass 

 balls, which were manufactured in Brooklyn, were broken at 

 the factory before being scut to the garden, the workmen 

 being instructed to crack off the necks of the balls with pin- 

 cers before picking them in the barrels, and that over 6,000 

 were thus broken, and that, the barrels so packed were marked 

 o be readily distinguished from the ordinary ball which 

 bod not been tampered with. When a ball was missed, it is 

 alleged, it was picked up and handed to the referee, who a 

 once detected the clipping of the neck, which he construet 

 tiot marks. It is estimated by those making the charges 

 against, the fairness of Oa.pt. Bogardus' record, that about 4 

 per hundred, or 340 in the total 6,000, were properly lost balls. 

 Such are the charges shorn of all rhetoric and immaterial 

 trimming. The accuser puts the sting to his remarks on the 

 alleged fraud by saying : 



" Captain Adam H. Bogardus is a remarkable man, and has 

 a? a wing shot in many contests oil 

 either Bide Ol the Atlantic, lie can always make money 

 honestly and easily by genuine matches or exhibitions, and it 

 it wonderful that he should stoop to sell himself for a very 

 few dollars. If be is not at heart honest and manly, he should 

 at least have sufficient professional pride to keep the records 

 of his favorite game free from fraud." 



Br. B. Talbot, who was the puller at the match, put in a 



prompt letter denying any knowledge of anything wrong, and 



Miles L. Johnson, the referee, in a letter on the matter, says : 



" Why didn't some of those men who know so much come 



to the hont then and there? As for the manner in which the 



balls were made, I know nothing. As to the distance, I did 



not measure, but I do know that it was more than they said. 



As lor the statement that more than 210 balls were missed 



out of 0,000, that is a be. There were not more than 75 balls 



that were challenged, and the greater part or all of them were 



laid i hi the tabl tot inspection. Had there been parties there 



who challenged the baUs,it might have made some difference. 



As there was but little it any objection, I was not as particular 



is 1 would have been had there been any one to challenge. I 



* .ink but little interest in the matter at the time, and think 



ue lost a dollar on it but the Captain." 



Bogardus himself writes from Chicago: . 



Have read remarks on my late shoot at Q-ilmorc's Garden. 



1 will shoot the same match in or out of doors, the balls to be 



my rough balls, and bought at any gun store. The match to 



it any time within lliree months. I wish the ciose 



id either put up or shut up. All I have to say 



,i i .1, ,i .. ii ..- -ii i I will shoot the same and let my accusers 



and have sawdust put on the ground or floor so 



hot do ball will break. Then let them buy my 



■ halls from the factory or any store and bave them 



trapped themaelres, and let the exhibition be a free one, or 



dmission fees go to some charitable institution. 



A. H. BottAKDUS. 



CHARGES FOR SHOT-GUNS. 



Chicago, Feb. lo, 1879. 

 Editor ForfsT and Stream : 



juently notified inquiries in your columns about the proper 



clurges of powder and shot lor breech-loading guna; and have quite 



i advice to use IX to 1% oza. of shot lor a No. 32 



BUH, Having used a 12 gun aud nothing else lor nearly twenty years, 



I to say that, as a rule, anything over one ounce 



i touch lor a guu ol this bore, and experience will prove 



..si recoil, better penetration and pattern with the 



than with the heavier. For quail, grouse and 



ree drachms powder and one ounce ol sliot; lor 



drachms ol powder aud a short ounce ol shot (about 



i.;,, i. Let jour correspondent* try it, and see a it doe* not 



remedy ail this recoil business, Gko. A. Shdfjeldt. 



The weight of a gun has much to do with the charge of 

 shot as affecting the recoil. With the charge of shot our 

 Ldeht uses for ducks, unless his gun is very much 

 choked, we should imagine- the pattern would be a bad one. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



[FllOM OOK SPECIAL COBRESPONMNT ] 



Monaco. 



Monaco, France, Jan. 26, 18*9. 

 Editor Torest asd Streak: . 



Jfljepigeou shooting at Monaco has this year passed oil with more 



success tin .,' i it iu previous years. The weather has 



at i;n; extreme cold, iu more northerly latitudes, 



: ... the hwuIIow, the warper shores of Hie 



Mediterranean. "a;i nationalities jostle each other in the pavilion from, 



Hep forth to the trap. EngHj-Ii, American, Frcn h- 



■ •, a ustrlan, Spanish, Pussian. Turk, apoear at this meet 



- ,:, the "i lurnamentoi the gun." 



i the huls rising uorupuy I 



M Drugmao, work of art and $750 1 1 1 t 1 1 1 1 



Mr A Kush, $4S0 1 1111110 



MOphoven, fMO 1 11111001 



lavmon.eaoo i i i i i i o u o 



M Paul Lagafde 1 1 1-S MrCOCiark... 110-2 



Count* 10 11—3 Sir Join KaeKeid 1100—2 



count OdeMonte.-quiou.l 1 1—3 fcjignor Spaletti 1 1 0—3 



BlAnnero 01 1 1-3 Cap a n Kauo 010 



i ountdeFeatetlcs .... .1 1 1 0—3 Mi Baiford 1 



Bil 1110-3 MVau Buren.... 11 



IlonoraOleE Arnndell...! I 1—3 Captain Tan 1 



Marquis ile Riiloitl 1 1 1—3 Baron saiut Clair 1 



Capiain Langiauds 110 1—3 M Chailan 010 



Baron Meckleabourg ,...1 1 1 0-3 Mr U Kerr 1 



Mr Douglas 101 1—3 Captain Scagltarlni 100 



Viscount ileQ le.eu 1 1 1-3 Colonel Treherne 1 



Mr Penned.. -■ 101 1—3 Mr Aubrey Coventry 1 



Prince i'ranttsmaudorfr..o 1 1 1—3 sirK Mnfgrave,,.., 1 



M « Hemoielieuski 1 1 1—3 Chevalier Figuil 1 



M Ii Elsen 1 1 1 0—3 capia 11 Ooid ritlugh.es. 1 



Viscount Mde.Ianovlllc.l I 1 0—3 Count 1; inoii!is,qiiioii....o 1 



Mr s Uoiibieliouski 1 1 1 0—3 MChale 100 



Mr Ii Hit llojwood I 1 I u-3 signor Hiirabino 100 



Mr Vto 1 1 1 0—3 M A Vaudei 1 



Mr Wilson 1 1 1-3 Mr stepneusou 



M Van Delft 1 I 1-3 JI Nage makers 



Mrlteid 1 1 1—3 Signer Basel, ieri 



lsaiou A de Wolmont 1 10 1—3 BaioaCainm. 00 



.Mi.Yaudet 01 1 1—3 Captain Maxwell Lyte...O 1 



captaiu a Patton 11 o 0— 2 M Pde Lapeyriere 



Huron Samt .uruv.er 1 1 0-2 M Chutiqu, t 



Baron Tavern. St 1 1 0— 2 Blgnpr inomiri n 



Captain S imiev 01 1 0—2 Oouni Laraoerree 00 



Count d'ABpretnont 1 1 0-2 Coiouel Wlienl.Iey 



Mr Grant Sj'.i.ie 1 I n— 2 M Mentaubrler 



in Tieoor 1 1 0— S ML1vj.11 



M Piusou 110 0—2 count ao Chateaubriand. o 



Cm Monday and Tuesday, January 21 1 

 event, the Grand I'rix dtt Casino, or tne | 

 weather on Mondaj waa stormy, and ai 

 which closed the snooting lor the first 1 

 four Kugiishrneu, four Frenchmen, one R< 

 were endangered for the next, day's co 

 twenty who had killed lour out ol the nvi 

 day li.nl return t.-t usual brightness, 1 



Th 



00k place the great- 

 it; of M naco. The 



I or the lilth round. 

 had ki led live, viz, 

 d one Italian. These 



II of the contest by 

 feather on the 1 ues- 



inght snn with a 



e light was recommenced. A • on the previo 



, second n.rrel, except on tne ocjssiim 

 le snooting was considered the best 1 

 only thorough blui 



;t Club shot well np. 

 rk of art of the value of am, and S4,(ran 

 1; twelve birds (live the ilrtt day at, 21J 

 u the second day at 21 metres, about 211 ?,; 



illy from Bnglaud, bat were assisted by the breeze tha 

 the sea. Mr. lianas of me Na 

 Grand Prix du Casino —A. w 

 added to $20 entry ; lour pnss 

 luetics, abont 2SJjS yards ; sev 

 yards), four birds out : 

 Mr liRG Hopwood, work of art and $3,603...! 1111111111 0—11 



Caption Snel ey,$l,s2U 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—11 



Marquis de Croix, 51.120 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—1 1 



Viscous de Quen 11, $11.10 1 1110 111111 0— ,0 



Captaiu Lan^iands tied for fourth prize 1 1101011111 1— 10 



Tie on eleven. 



Mr Hopwood 1 1—2 Marquis de Croix 



Captain Snel ey 1 0—1 



Mr Paul Lagarde 110 1110 111 



Count Chastel 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



Capiain A Patton 1 111110 10 1 



Baion St. Trivier .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



Kir Wm Call 1 110 110 1110 



Baron de Tavernost 1 110 10 1111 



M Ophoven 1 1110011110 



Mrlierr 1 11110 10 11 



Mr Aubrey Coventry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



Sir Rich Musgrave 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



comn Chaeaubriami. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



Mirehor I 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 



Count LsimbertzB 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



captaiu cord ■.,',,.,. ■ ., 



Mrsauds 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 n 



Mr A Kush 1 001101110 



Baron Cramm 1 1 1 1 1 t 



Prince Tranttsmandorfl J 101001110 



Count, P. de Montetquion 111110 110 



11 \.iul) lit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 (i 



slguor Baschien 1 1 l 1 1 1 1 



MrKacReld ....1 11100011 '0 



,M ile Lapi-yi-ore 1 111001100 



Baron Woelmom llliOOOlio 



llerr Markwold 1 1110 10 10 



CaptninTart 10] 1 1 



MCliarlan 1 1 1 1 



Uapl am eane 1 1 1 1 



m urban 1 1 1 1 



,,„ «ec* .•'dure 1 1 1 1 



Colonel Treherne 1 1 



M C Rembieiien-ki 1 1110 



Colonel Wheatiey 1 10 011110 



MrCO dark 1 001111010 



si, John Hae Reid 1 1 1 



jliii'.i; 110 0' 



iMgimr iindiconl 1 10 



M Wi-rn 1 10 10 



,M s Remblelienskl 1 110 



Captaiu Lyte 1 110 



M Viiton ' 1110 



MArmeo 1 1 1 



MrHatford 1 1 1 1 



C.iunto Montetquion 1 1 1 



MrCI'ennell 1 10 110 



capdiiu Schgllarini 110 



Mr Douglas 



M Ijrugman 



1 1110 



11 11110 



1 110 110 



1 10 



10010 



1 110 



1 1 1 1 1 



i 1 1 1 1 



10 10 



1 1 1 



1 10 



10 



1 10 10 



1 1 







ruulll'o Wineeion- 1 1 



etioi 1 



1 1 1 ju 



M l'arquier 



M Camnaivelll 100 



M Lavan 



M Flgoll 



M Ueniy 



M Chime 



Hi . ,1 on 



id Chonquet 



Baroo St Clair 



M Barabine 



Marquis Kldoin 



Iloa.ira >le C Arundel 

 M Van Burin 



Piokon SaoOTiNi) in MnasAcunsKiTS.— it Is postlble that Massa- 

 elmseiis miiy follow the example ol Conia'eilcut, and pass a law mak- 

 lng pigeon Slioottngat ihe nap 1, legal. A bill is to come up soon iu the 

 Legislature lor the suppression of tne practice. 



Connecticut— Waterford, Feb. 13.— Practice shoct ol the new*. 



■ iao at Walllugforil, Connecticut, Feti. 12. The 



ring vary strong. The stioollusr was from three traps IS 



laolsrise under Bogardus rules ; 1'ame's fei'lmred balls were u;; d : 



, ...... 1 11111111111111111110 111 1—23 



\ 11 1'IV.I-V .1 |. 1 1 11 1 U 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-17 



,| A lla'li 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— IT 



\V CLaue lOOOllOlllOullllOllOOUl 1—14 



ST Whitney lOOlolllOlloiooiOllOOll o— 13 



Amos ives.„ 01011*01000010110110001 1—11 



Second mateU, ten balls, wltl the following score : 



Bfdgaen 1111111 1— s Plxley,. 1 n 1 in 1-0 



bane 11 I 1 I ! I 1 11 1 1—9 Ives u 1 01 1 1 1—5 



Hall 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 (I 0— T Whitney ... .1 1 1 00 1 0— 4 



Brogden and Lane tied on eight, and shot, off, miss and out : 

 Tune 1 1 1 1—4 Brogden 1 1 1 0— S 



New Yohet— Buffalo, Jan. 29.— A lew shooters here imd a match a 



'"'"- v - i i..M I'i'-'ds at Junn Cook's p lire, at Hiat Buffalo; hve bird 

 -.:, divided as folio .vs: S30, $30, $20-$IO0 



ClnsAKoib 1.11 11—4 GTWatson 1 1 1 1-4 



Wm Sohedlell 00001—1 G eiih 1110 1-4 



GhahWels ill 11—5 J Franklin, Jr i 1 1 1-4 



Phil Voi-z i ii 1 1-3 .1 a Seymour 1 o 1 0— 12 



on as Berber, Jr 1 1 1 1—4 Kobt Sheldon 0010 1—2 



Jas Rafferty 1 1 1 1 1-5 .1 Beler.Jr II 1 1 1 0-3 



Christ Warner 1 1 1 1-4 Chas Oeneuig ...0 u 1 1-3 



Too* Collins 1111-4 J p Fisher 1 000 0—1 



Ties divided the money. Pxcas. 



l.ExtK-GToN GtiN Qi.vB.-BnMklpn, Feb, 17.— The Lexington Gnn 



''do I die r annual ,.li.,oi, n,,,,l tuuiquet, Mr. Uei tiemuz having car- 

 Tied oil' toe champion n.oiu,- l'.-e e . -. , , , |,o, .,-, 



Ins Silver and jiohl pitcher to :. . . .- 



nade by Messrs. Blinn, Booth, ..>, Gutierrez 



3 ub Intend ue: 1 1 I 1 I , 1 



ted with a 

 ers. The 



J. L. 



i'., Feb. 13.— Monthly einb 



■. 1 .1 s.:. Pari;. Coin nhus- 

 ■ " ■■; '■'■■■ .mi ,v udy tor shiiottfig. The 



cluii was vis ;e,i ov up. 1, . , 1, i. ,, , in man Island 



Cod:, aud Sreenpulat Clab. 21 yds. rise ; BO yds. beano 1 



FT Uademan, 25 yards 1) 11 1 1 1 1 1 1—6 



I i: - 11 (1 i 01010—8 



JHeisei 1 1 1 1 1-5 



PDuunlng 1110 0—3 



Kampf vtuller x 1 1 1 x 1—8 



idtolluber t 1 1 1 1 1—6 



It \denbrand 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—3 



BFWaiti 1 lliulllO 1—9 



ThObrig 1 1 1 1 1 1—6 



Tie shot off: 



Walts 1 10 111 10 10 110 1—10 



Altenorand 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1) 1 u 1 l-U 



Sheewscurv Gira I 1 . ./ Feb, 17.— rourtli regular 



match for gold medal ; IS yds. rise : 



ARColeman 1 1110111101111 1—13 



HCWlute 1 1 11 1 i 1 111110 1—13 



SBBergen 1 OOlOlllllliii 0— 11 



Charles Sttllwell I 101101010 1111 1—11 



GFMarsdeu 1 101101 1101 1 1—10 



T Davis 1 (.1 o 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 u 1 0- 9 



O 11 Wild 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1—8 



Col .".1-1 -', -11 D ' . & ■'., L. r., Feb. 12.— First match of 

 1 11 ol. 25 yards 

 Use, to yard- ho - 1 in m live ground traps; one bar- 

 rel of the go i 1. .. a L ag tela id lilies to govern : 



Fountain Gnn Clab. Snn Club. 



Oonover, 1 10 11111*1-8 Garre-i 1I11»101M-S 



Chapptli 1 1 1 1 1 11 u—7 Sleover 1 • 1 1 1 1 1— g 



White 1 1 ' ii 1 • 1 u 1—6 Kmi 11 • 1 1 1 1 * 1—5 



Madison » 110*0111 0—5 Kuiur " 1 n ■ i 1 1-6 



Williams 1 0*100*01 1-4 Van u'leUon.i n 1 1 11 n * 1-4 



Holding 1 * II 1 I n < 1 - : I ,, oh, m.er.,.0 * * II 1 * 0— I 



Walts 1 0-10010* 0—". J Miller 00*000*0 0—0 



Grand total 33 Grand total 29 



LETTER FROM IRA PAINE. 



NEW Yoke, Feb. 18, 1S». 

 .Editor Forest and Skubam : 



Seeing a challenge In the last i*sneof Chicago Field from Mr. Abo 

 Klelnman 1 hasten to reply. My time al present is so much occupied 

 with the production of my fea-her-flhed ball and shooting at the thca- 

 1 it s tea! 1 have tittle time to do any pigeon shooting; and as 1 am en- 

 gaged with Mr. Tony Pastor for his coming seas n, I have paid all my 

 attention to Btage ami exhibition shooting, Pnitnermore, I am qnltu 

 content to rest 00 my laurels of hai di ted Mr. Kleinmau in the 



best contested match ever shut west of New York, I icfer lo the 

 i i 10 IS18, « on We both shot at imported blue rocks, 80 



each, wheal killed 2s 10 his so. 1 1 ico 1 has never been erjnaled at 

 this class of birds. No one respects Mr. Kleinman's skill 01 has publiciy 



in?!, mi -. leilged it. in in ,u mi self ; Out 3 i long us he content - 



with holding leln-tranded championships, and barring men whom 1 nave 

 repeatedly beaten, bot i st plgedns 



u- it. could be to me itin, t ow 



stands, I advi3B Mr. Kleinmau to pull out for hm s. ,1, p'.iy second flfl- 



dle lo no one, bar no one, tired or retired ; do what 1 bare I 



every known champion— aud I promise him a race as soon as we may 

 aKree upon equal terms. Iua A. Paikb. 



— See Bogardus' advertisement. 



Jjty* and ^tvey 



FISH IN SEASON~7n 



FEBRUARY. 



SOUTHEUN WATERS. 



nigrum. 



ally Srt 



iciufos«8. 



. (iliies bauS), Centrorprie-tU 

 ■ Rockflsb, Roccus 



rclwmrgui probate- TftllorUaa, Pamatovn&mltatTto). 

 reijhalus. Black Baas, iUetogteni* mlmoides 



Snapper, Lutjanua blaek/ordii. M. 



Pish is Market— Retail Pwcts.- Cass, 25 cents; smelts, 12; 

 blueflsh, 12)4 ; salmou, 35; mackerel, 20; shad, 75; white 

 porch, 12>^j green turtle, 15 ; terrapin Proatfiah, 8j 



halibut, 18 ; haddock. 1 , ; codlisb, (1 ; b.61 



flounders, 10 ; asa hass, 15 ; eals, 18 ; lobsters, 10; sheephhead, 

 15 i ecailops, 25 per quart ; soft cPims, SO to 75 per 100; wlntefiah, 

 16; pickerel, 15; salmon trout, 15; muBoalonge, 15 ; red auap- 

 per, 12W ; emokorl haddock, 12,'i; stuolted salmon, 15 ; dry cod, 

 7 ; bard crabs, 30 cents per do?.., soft crabB,_$1.25 per doz. 



Two fresh caught Baimon^frcrm Nova Scotia Jwere received 

 by E. G. Blackford, Fulton Market, on Tuesday of this week. 

 They were the first calcli of the see 



:, ana da. —We publish in our ad- 

 vertising columns a list of the salmon rivers which remain 

 unlertsed by the Dominion Government. Inasmuch as it may 

 be interesting to anglers ive publish herewith a list Of all sal- 

 mon fishiDg livers in the Province of Quebec, the -tributaries 

 of which liii Ida. There are quite a number in 



the Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and in 

 the island of Anticosti (P. Q.) which are not enumerated here 



