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FOREST AJND STREAM. 



Poughkeepsie Feb. 20.— I wish to call your attention to the 

 destruction of quail and partridge during the winter months. 

 This has been done to a very great extent during tin 

 -winter all through Dutchess and Ulster Co. There is an un- 

 limited license to the pot hunters and others in this section 

 of the State owing to the great defect in the Game Laws of 

 our State in allowing the sale of these birds, and having 

 them in possession after January 1. V-«- . 1 1 ■ i . ■ i : . t. a sad- 

 dle of vension exposed after the law has expired, and why 

 should our quail and partridge ? This winter has been more 

 than favorable for the trapping of these birds owing to the 

 amount of snow we have had, and there are as many birds 

 exposed for sale to-day as at any time during the season ; 

 and they do not come from other markets but are purchased 

 here from the trappers. Cannot there be something done 

 to remedy this great evil ? I trust you will swing your quill 

 in this direction till something is done to prevent the sale 

 of these birds after it is unlawful to shoot, them, then, and 

 not till then, we shall have them in abundance. 



W. S. Johnston. 



JS/'eto York, Feb. 22. — 1 am in favor of repealing every 

 game law in our statute book, and substituting for the in- 

 coherent and contradictor)' jumble a concise, consistent and 

 efficient code, to be matured by a commission of experts 

 chosen from the various interests to be affected. It must be 

 sensible and comprehensive, and have the support of public 

 opinion as well as the approval of gentlemen sportsmen, 

 it iB worse than folly to leave this subject to the hazard of 

 annual legislative tinkering, while we have men who are 

 thoroughly competentto frame a code of game laws well-nigh 

 perfect in all respects. Their views might differ, but such 

 men will compare and compromise and agree, not omitting 

 to avail themselves of the judgment of practical men, who, 

 from long experience and close observation, know whereof 

 they may affirm as to the game of their respective localities. 

 The time is ripe for the exhaustive treatment of this whole 

 subject with the intelligent forethought its magnitude and 

 importance demand, although there may be no occasion tor 

 hasty action. The protection from wanton and mercenary 

 slaughter, in season and out of seasoD, of our deer, grouse, 

 woodcock, quail, beach bird, and fresh and salt water 

 fishes, by sensible enactments, which all good citizens will 

 respect and aid to enforce, is drawing the attention of many 

 thoughtful men outside the ranks of our sportsmen and 

 game dealers — and none too soon. H. H. T. 



THE FOREST AND STREAM AND ROD 



AND GUN TOURNAMENT 

 For the Short-Range Championship of 



1S79 



First prize to be ten monogram medals, presented by the 

 Foeest and Stkbam and Kod and Gun. Open to teams 

 from any organized rifle club. 



Conditions— Teams— Bach team shall consist ot ten men. The teams 

 participating must be composed of members of the various clubs 

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

 mum pull of trigger, three pounds; 22-1GG cal. Teams may furnish 

 there own rules and a'mmanition, or use those at the gallery, as they 

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

 Shots— Two shots will be allowed each competitor. Position— oil- 

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

 H. 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 the office of the Pobest and Stream and Rod and 

 Gtfw, So. Ill Fulton street, N. T. The match to be governed by 

 the rnleB of the N. R. A. relating to teams. 



New Yobic Sohtjetzen Coeps Ball.— The New York 

 Schuetzen Corps, under command of Capt. David G. Yueng- 

 ling, held their annual invitation ball and calico hop at the 

 Germania Assembly Rooms last Monday evening. The hall 

 was rilled with a very large gathering, the costumeB were 

 line, the music of the best, and everything conspired to make 

 the occasion a most brilliant one. A pleasant feature of the 

 evening was the presentation of a handsome sword to Capt. 

 TuengiiDg, Capt. Aery making a neat presentation speech. 

 Then Capt. H. D. Hill, President of the Schuetzen Park, at 

 Hoboken, and the founder of the Association, presented to 

 Captain Aery, in the name of the corps, a valuable gold watch 

 and chain, the locket attached to which contained the like- 

 ness of Mrs. Capt. Aery and of little Miss Aery, the " Bundes' 

 Daughter," who, it will be remembered, was the biggest prize 

 won by the gallant captain at the Schuetzenfest last summer. 

 Then the merrymakers sat down to a banquet— plates were 

 laid for live hundred — and the dancing which followed was 

 kept up until— well, we came away before sunrise. 



"Massachusetts— Boston, Walnut Hill, March 1.— To-day 

 closed our Maynard ride match, it has been a most interest- 

 ing match all through, but to-day the earnestness to move 

 up was strongly manifested and keenly felt by all, and score 

 after score was shot with no improvement. Captain Jackson 

 got two 47's, but be wanted a 48. The red disk close in would 

 tantalize him when he expected the white. On his last score 

 Ue was made happy by seeing the while eight times, and he 

 stood No. 1. The contest in the first class was between the 

 Captain, Tyler and Lowell ; the latter put a 47 to hiB score. 

 Harris surprised everybody, and himself, by a splendid 48, 

 and E. W. Law, that thought he Bhould be in the third class, 

 stepped to the trout in the second, making 184 out of a pos- 

 sible 200. The match developed some splendid shooting, 

 giving the gentlemen participating a great deal of pleasure, 

 and added a nice iki le sum to the club treasury. 



The weather conditions Were capital for good scores, the 

 wind giving no trouble, although it vacillated from 9 o'clock, 

 at the beginning of the match, to 6 in the afternoon, and was 

 decided in its "fish-tail" character. The sky was overcast. 

 A gray light and char atmosphere brought out the little 

 "bull" remarkably clear, and the gentlemen saw the white 

 disk appear often. The pavilion was crowded, and the 

 visitors were numerous, many from abroad being well repaid 

 for their visit. Among the well-known "wing shots" were 

 noticed Messrs. Bacon and Brigham, of the Tremont Club, 

 and Lawrence, Medford, Salem and Now York were well 

 represented. Mr. J. B. Osbom made the unprecedented score , 

 of. thirteen consecutive bull's-eyes in bull's-eye practice, and I 



it is unfortunate it cannot go upon record, as it was a brilliant 

 achievement. 



There were 102 entries, the leading scores standing at 200 

 yards, off-hand, three pound pull and ten pound rifle : 



wn JacRson 5 5 5 5 t. 4 a 6 s 5—43 



gg, Harris 5 656*0564 5-4S 



5W LaW ;; - r > 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 4 5-41 



J A Lowell 4 55546564 5 — II 



11 WimingtOU ...5 446 4 4556 5-40 



L L Hubbard 4 54545546 B— 48 



A B Archer 4 45445564 5-45 



J S Sumner 4 55545446 4—45 



9£S. MkM 4 4S466GB4 4-45 



JN Frye 5 544 5 5454 4—45 



J A Brown 4 4 5 444554 6—44 



C U Melgita 4 44455544 5-44 



U Mortimer 4 5 4 4 5 6 5 4 4 4—44 



JBParJser 4 4 4 15 4 4 8 5 5-43 



R Davis 4 44455453 4—43 



B W ATchet,, 5 4 5 4 4 3 4 4 5 4— Vi 



H B .Edwards 5 4 6 4 4 5 5 3 4 4^12 



3 F U.Shaefur 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 S 4 3-41 



HAboOtt ...4 54B44434 5—40 



IS M Messenger 4 5 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4—39 



O H drifting 5 3444444 3 4— 39 



Captain Jackson's average for nine entries was 45 5S-100. 



In the class-firing at the same distance, etc., the scores stood ; 



Prize Winners in First Class. 



Captain W H Jaelison 4S 4T 47 14'J 



H Tyler 41 47 47 141 



JALowell 4S 47 46 141 



LLHubbard 46 4G 48 13S 



D Klrkwood 47 46 45 13S 



E B souther 47 46 44 137 



W M Harrow 46 45 45 136 



II K Richardson 46 45 45 136 



William Poland 46 46 44 136 



J Wemyse, Jr 45 45 45 135 



J S Sumner 45 45 44 134 



JBOBborn... 46 44 43 132 



Prize Winners in Second Class. 



E W Law 47 46 46 139 



J N Frye 46 46 46 lai 



H S Harris 4S 44 44 136 



CUSleiggH 46 45 44 135 



H Witraasron 46 46 44 135 



S J Stephens 4.4 44 43 131 



H Morm 



Lew 



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. . , 43 



42 



35 



113 



il N Wales.... 44 



DHunt, 41 40 



A W Rowland 42 40 



Prize Wlndera in Third Class. 



J BParker 45 44 



J A Brown „ 44 44 



R D Archer 45 43 



J RTSchaefer 43 43 



E W Archer 44 42 



H EJepsen 44 41 



J FRrown 42 42 



TO Wales 41 39 



E E Hardy 40 39 



C R Grilling 40 38 



Mammoth Gallery— Boston — The monthly shoot for Fab- 

 ruary closed without a perfect score, but with a large amount 

 of excellent work over the fifty-yards range used. The best 

 shots for the month were : 



L E Newcomb. .4 5 4 6 5 5 5 5-39 H A PicKerlng.4 4 5 4 6 6 6 5-37 



E W Archer. ...5 4 4 5 5 5 5 5— 3S D V Small 4 4 5 4 6 6 5 6—37 



Geo Lamb 6 4 5 5 4 6 5 6—38 A L Eames ....5 4 5 4 4 5 5 5— sT 



E S 'Jobey, Jr. .5 4 6 6 4 6 5 6— BS W H Harrison. .4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5—37 

 D F Hunt, C O Barrett, E F Kiclmnl-nm, C H Russell, W Brad- 

 ford, W H Johnson, F H Hartshorn, William II Kestarlck, Colonel 

 Sat Wales, J J Dunne, M L Pratt, George E Everett, 36 each. 



A new contest for March has opened, and the manager's 

 offer, in addition to the three regular prizes of $30 cash for 

 the first perfect score, still holds. 



— In the contest between the Lake View team, of Chicago, 

 and the Medford (Mass.) team, Feb. 23, eight men per team, 

 ten shots per man at 200 yards, the scores stood : Chicago, 

 325 ; Medford, 324. 



—The March series of matches at the Bellevue Range, Med- 

 ford, opened yesterday. 



— A grand time was held yesterday by the "Walnut Hill 

 riflemen on the presentation of the prizes at the store of Wm. 

 Read & Sons. 



—The Walnut Hill men will begin on Saturday next the 

 Winchester rifle match, under condiiions as follows : Distance, 

 200 yards; rounds, fifteen without cleaning ; rifle and position 

 any allowed by the rules. The first entry for members, §1 ; 

 for non-members, $1.50 ; subsequent entries 50 cents each. 

 Members of the Association to be divided into three classes, 

 on an entirely new and revised classification. The principal 

 prize will be an elegantly finished Winchester rifle, valued at 

 $55, which will be awarded to the competitor of either class 

 making the highest score three times. Two other Winchester 

 rifles, made expressly for this match, valued at $45 each, will 

 be the first prizes in the two classes which do not win the 

 principal prize. First class open to all comers ; second and 

 third classes open only to members of the Massachusetts Rifle 

 Association. Any competitor in a lower class may enter a 

 higher, but scores must stand in the class where they were 

 made. The competitor having the highrst aggregate in either 

 class will have the first choice of prizes offered in his class, 

 the one the next highest the second choice, and so on, but a 

 competitor can win but one prize. Prizes will be awarded 

 whenever the receipts shall equal the value of the prizes and 

 the expenses. There are already thirty-one prizes of an ag- 

 gregate value of $388.60. 



Medford— The February series closed with a good record, 

 the prizes being awarded as follows : First class— First prize, 

 li. K. Richardson; second prize, H. H. D. Cushing ; third 

 prize, H. Withinglon, Second class— First prize, W. G. 

 Tousey ; second prize, J. R. Teele; third prize, H. B. Harris. 

 Third class— First prize, G. H. Howe ; second prize, G. B. 

 Gill | third prize, E. F.Kendrick. 



OosraonGnT— GWS»M)tBo, Feb. 27.— At a regular meeting 

 of the Canton Rod and Gun Club, held to-day, the following 

 scores were made ; off-hand ; 200 yards ; ten shots : 



Mass. Creed. Mass. Creed 



OB Hull -U7 42 .TDAndrews S5 40 



J L&nbeuHteln 66 ->3 J Hamilton 86 89 



H B Moore ...93 10 U Konold H3 38 



G F Lewie 87 40 



—A Captain Lou Sholes, Inspector of Target Practice in 

 the Third Connecticut Regiment of Militia, has been doing 

 some, very curious work in the way of instruction. Recently 

 before some companies of his regiment he went through some 

 shooting as follows : From the right shoulder ; from the left 

 shoulder i from the right shoulder, with both eyes open ; from 

 the left shoulder, with both eyes open ; with rifle reversed 



above the head ; with looking-glass over the shoulder, with 

 back to target ; between the. legs, and as a pistol. The target, 

 which was only three inches square, was hit thirteen times 

 out Of fourteen. Captain Sholes has also another trick, which 

 is that of holding the rifle out at half-arm and standing side- 

 ways to the target, shooting by aid of a looking-glass. 



Ceekdmoob, Jb.— A match was opened on the 1st instant 

 at their tunnel gallery for a Ballard rifle, open to teams of 

 five from any insurance company, bank, college, mercantile 

 house or telegraph company ; members of teams to be bona 

 fide employes of the company or connected with the institution 

 represented; number of shots, two sighting and seven scoring 

 shots each man ; position, standing ; three teams to make a 

 match; prize to be won three times before becoming the 

 property of the winners ; entrance fee, 50 cents per man ; no 

 charge for rifles and ammunition ; prize to be shot for every 

 Saturday, from 3 P. m.; entries made up to close of match ; 

 prize, Ballard .22 cal. rifle, with globe and peep sights. The 

 teams represented and scores made were as follows : 



North British and Mercantile Insurance Co 



T. H. Holton Manufacturing Co 154 



Home Insurance Co 143 



New Yoi k Custom House is4 



Gregory & Miller tn3 



Phconlx Insurauce Co , 130 



Zbttleb's Gallkby.— Two hundred yards jJCreedmoor tar- 

 get reduced : February 5. 



HBprteser 46 H Spamer 36 



EZenr.lgg 35 FBnrghardt 35 



UHlwitzur , 3S CReoht 35 



TSchraager m L Rents 



February 12. 



n sprleser 45 EZennlgg 87 



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L Dents 40 ALiuerst 36 



1 ir.vir.zcr 89 O Born 34 



Q Kecht 30 F Itiuibmger 33 



DGennndt 36 P Hayiok 33 



— A final contest, or match, between the New York and 

 Jersey Schuetzen Corps for a valuable gold medal from the 

 United Schuetzen Association, will be held at Union Hill 

 Schuetzen Park during the menth of April, each corps 

 having won the medal three times. 



— Major Wm. Aims won the Lilienthal cup atFrogmoor, N, 

 O., on the 16th ult., with a score of 201 in the possible 225 at 

 the long ranges. Dudley Selph made 200. 



Michigan— Mast Saginaw, Feb. 22.— At the sixteenth 

 weekly practice of the East Saginaw Amateur Rifle Club the 

 following scores were made ; 200 ywds target reduced ; pos- 

 sible 50 : 



Captain W J Shaw 5 4 5 4 6 4 4 5 5 4. .45 



(J i: Yawkey 4 4 r. B I 6 J A 4 1—43 



R F Corbyn .6 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 3-42 



F R Osboru 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5— 11 



JH Howry 4 44445343 3— 3S 



CniOAQo to the Front — Chicago, Feb. 33. — Editor Forest 

 and Stream : In your paper of January 9 was published a 

 letter from Bradford, Pa., which you very appropriately- 

 headed, "A Fool and a Gun." On reading it our club immedi- 

 ately voted the writer the champion off-hand yarn-spinner of 

 the United States, and if there ever should occur an inter- 

 national long-range prevaricating match, we should insist that 

 he be the captain of our team— even again its as 



Eli Perkins, Gath, or any other man. But all that is changed 

 now. The vote on the championship bus been thrown out. 

 An event of to-day, at the Lake "View Rifle Range, restores 

 Mr. Smith to the ranks of truthful men, and entitles him to 

 take position with George and his little hatchet. One of our 

 reserves — a man who knows and loves a ride— was late in ar- 

 riving, and was ordered to lake his sighting ah A al i nice. His 

 gun was a Remington barrel, with the Butler breech action. 

 He put in a shell without noticing that the cleaning rod was 

 left in the gun, stepped to the firing point, and pulled the 

 trigger. Ho report following, he opened the breech, letting 

 out the report and the shell, the latter striking the vernier 

 with sufficient force to bend it. The subsequent proceedings 

 were unlike those of the gentleman from Pennsylvania. The 

 bullet had been wedged into the grooves and around the 

 chambered end of the wiping rod, and could not be started 

 either way. Our man removed the stock from the barrel and 

 inserted the latter in a coal fire until the lead was melted, 

 then wiped it out, put the gun together again, and at the con- 

 clusion of the match made a score of twenty-two in five shots 

 —proving that neither the gun nor man were rattled'. 



Lu fi. Ditobt. 



Denvkk vs. Cincinnati:.— The'-match on the lilth ult. be- 

 tween the Denver Rifle Club and the Cincinnati Shooting and 

 Fishing Club resulted in a victory for the Colorado team. 

 The match was a good one on both sides. More of the same 

 kind would promote better feeling among sportsmen, and 

 tend to the improvement of all participating. At Cincinnati 

 the weather was far from good, and this may go far to explain 

 the manner of the result. The tiring was at 200 yards, off- 

 hand, fifteen shots per man, according to the National Rifle 

 Association rules. The scores stood : 

 Denver Team. 



C Qove 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 4 15 5 5 4 5 5— 68 



W Y Sedam 4 4 4 4545455545 5 4—57 



O Gore 5 5 3 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4— CO 



W Unroll 4 44 4 554465545 I 



MSpimgler 4 4 4 4 6 4 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 5-65 



GeoSchoyen 5 5 S 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 1 5 4 1— r.4 



H U iliuer 4 3 4 i 4 4 3 4 4 i 1 f, ■ 



UBGOOdell 5 5 4 444143544 4 3 4-51-510 



Individual average, 64;.;, 



Cincinnati Teaw. 



Pender 6 5 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 6— Co 



Hellion 4 44 4 44 4 545654 4 4-64 



Baum 4 5 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5-63 



Caldwell 4 444654444 4 44 4 4—62 



Had 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 4 



UlIKlelin 4 1 S :'. 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 3 3 4 4—61 



Campbell * 4 4 3 5 4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 4-57 



rjtsney 4 44 45 4 4545404 4—60—495 



Individual average, SljK, 



Campbell's fifth shot and Disney's thirteenth shot on the 

 Cincinnati team were protested, and misses were scored in- 

 stead of centres. A glance at the score shows that oat of 120 

 shots tired by each team, the Cincinnati club made SS fours 

 and the Denver club 71 ; the Cincinnati 28 fives, and Denver 

 44. Among the sixteen shooters, C. Gore, of Denver, made 

 the highest score, and W. Y- Sedam, of Denver, the second 

 best. The frank and manly way in it was 



owned up by the Cincinnati boys, whom we all expected to 

 win, is shown in the following letter. However, they are 

 ready for another bout ; 



