ignorance of all the discoveries and the very] existence of a 

 scientific world beyond its own narrow and befogged horizon ! 

 And such benighted incapacity sets itself up as the mentor 

 of graduates from the TJ. S. Naval Academy, any one of 

 whom knows more in a Bingle watch than this woodchoppers' 

 organ does in a lifetime, and to whom their would-be mentor 

 is an example of perverse stupidity and supercilious ignorance 

 which would be laughable were it not painful to behold. 

 Under these circumstances it is left for us to follow the recent 

 productions of the scientific world, and to place upon record 

 in these columns what others should have done long ago 

 were they not just awakening from a Rip Van Winkle sleep 

 of half a century, and engaged in airing their fossilized crudi- 

 ties ad nauseam. 



That the Hyslop-Archer system— for by this name we will 

 hereafter designate construction by cycloidal areas— is destined 

 to become the leading- feature of naval design of the future is 

 placed beyond question by the invariably successful results 

 which have attended its use, as well as by the remarkable 

 closeness to its precepts reached by all the best examples of 

 naval construction in which speed in connection with economy 

 in propulsive force is aimed at. It is evident, therefore, that 

 a full understanding of the invaluable characteristics of the 

 Hyslop -Archer system will be of the highest importance to all 

 yacht designers and modelers in general, as well as to the con- 

 stantly increasing circle of amateurs who are drawn in the vor- 

 tex of naval science by the irresistible attraction of its currents, 

 first experienced while comparing the performances of yachts 

 of different classes. We propose, therefore, at no distant day 

 to recur to this system more in detail, and to point out 

 its advantages in such a way that the ever-present crew 

 of doubting Thomases may find more difficulty in throwing 

 overboard as worthless the close and inductive reasoning 

 of science with that levity too often born of witless vanity or 

 of untrained minds Becking to pass upon what is beyond their 



ken. 



. — .».— . 



—Commander L. A. Beardslee, TJ. S. N., known to our 

 readers as " Piseco," takes charge of the sloop-of-war James- 

 town, now fitting out for Alaska, and will sail about May 

 1st. Bon 



— The walking business is on its last legs. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



No Spring Shooting.— We chanced the other day to over- 

 hear a discussion between four Brooklyn gentlemen, well 

 known officials and long-time sportsmen, viz., alderman Stew- 

 art, Capt. Wm. B. Steers, Geo. C. Bennett, Esq., and Loftis 

 Wood, Esq. The subject under consideration was the desira- 

 bility of abolishing all spring shooting, and all concurred in an 

 affirmative opinion. The coincidence was the more suggestive 

 because the gentlemen had met accidentally. Their decision 

 not only indicates that these matters are subjects of grave 

 thought, but that active progress is being made in a conserva- 

 tive direction. By and bye we shall have neither spring nor 

 Bummer shooting, thus narrowing the period of open time, and 

 thereby approximating the desirable period of uniformity in 

 close seasons. 



Migbatoby Quail Importation. — The orders for migra- 

 tory quail sent to Mr. Horace P. Toby, of Boston, and trans- 

 mitted by him to Mr. Braun, at Messina, are as follows : In 

 Pennsylvania, 100 each to Washington, West Chester, Lehigh- 

 ton, Sunbury, Danville, Towanda, Pittsburg, McKoesport 

 and Waynesburg ; in New York, 400 to Brooklyn and 100 

 each to Schenectady and New York ; 100 each to Stafford 

 Springs, Conn.; Essex, Conn.; Belvidere, N. J.; West Leb- 

 anon, N. H.; Brookfield, Mass.; and Strathroy, Canada; 621 

 to Baltimore, Md. ; 125 to Rockland, Me.; and 200 to Ware- 

 ham, Mass. This is an aggregate of 3,046, which ("the acts 

 of God, enemies, pirates, letters of marque or reprisals, rob- 

 bers, thieves, restraint of governments, fire at sea or in port, 

 from any cause whatever, accident to or from machinery, 

 boilers and steam, collisions and dangers of the seas, rivers, 

 and steam navigation, of what nature or kind soever, except- 

 ed ") will in due time be safely delivered in this country. 

 Mr. Toby has placed our friends under obligation for so 

 courteously assuming the trouble he has in taking charge of 

 the work ; the orders have probably been larger than antici- 

 pated. Two or three years more, if the importation contin- 

 ues on a similar scale, will demonstrate the utility or failure 

 of the work. 



Migratory Quail.— Editor Forest and Stream: I have 

 watched with much interest the reports that from time to time 

 have appeared in your paper bearing upon the question 

 whether this bird will be ultimately naturalized in this country, 

 and I notice, Mr. Editor, that you pronounce the pros- 

 pect " most encouraging." But I have observed nothing au- 

 thentic or decisive on the subject, except the procuring of 

 three or four specimens (probably more or less disabled) at 

 points not very remote from their breeding grounds in Ver- 

 mont, and a statement from Judge Everts, expressed as I 

 thought in rather doubtful terms, that some native birds had 

 reappeared where they were hatched, but at a period simul- 

 taneous with the liberation of others of fresh importation, 

 from which I infer that a mistake in identity is quite possible; 

 and the question still remains unanswered whether the parent 

 birds with their vivid recollection of their last flight across 

 the Mediterranean but a few days before they were trapped, 

 together with the instincts implanted by annual migrations for 

 ages, do not lead their followers at length over the broad 

 waters of the Atlantic, until they drop exhausted into its 

 bosom. What 1 wish, Mr. Editor, is to suggest to those gentle- 



men who, with the hearty good wishes of every sportsman as 

 well as every lover of nature, are engaged in bringing these 

 interesting birds in increased numbers to our shores I ' a 

 that they should distribute a portion of their importation at 

 least in our lower Gulf States, where at the approaching 

 season the conditions of temperature as well as their own in- 

 stincts would lead them to lake their first migratory flight 

 North, from whence, after the duties of the breeding season 

 were over, they would be much more likely to limit their 

 Southern flight within the borders of our own continent. 



Will not some of those naturalists whose articles enrich 

 your columns, and whose studies will enable them to speak 

 with authority, let us hear from them on this subject ? B. 



Dcd/iani, Mass., March, 1870. 



Our correspondent is too impatient if he hopes to have an 

 experiment in acclimatation, like the present one, settled in 

 one or twoyears. We must wait some time yet before we can 

 expect definite results. 



Caring for the Birds— Allentown, April Id— Editor 

 Forest and Stream : As soon as the shouting season was at 

 an end in Pennsylvania — Jan. 1 — we had very cold weather 

 and large amount of snow. We pitied these poor creatures 

 and resolved to protect them. We at once set to work by 

 urging the farmers in this and other counties, through our 

 weekly paper, to help us to catch the birds with traps and 

 feed them over winter, or to bring them to our city and sell 

 them to us. In this way about twelve or thirteen hundred 

 birds were saved in our comity. As a reward, we have plen- 

 ty of birds, and next fall can enjoy ourselves to our heart's 

 content. Would all sportsmen follow our example next 

 year Pennsylvania would always have plenty of game. We 

 let seventy-three pairs fly last Tuesday, and all the farmers on 

 whose lands we put some were well pleased with our agree- 

 ment (to protect each other), except one, and that one 

 changed his mind during the night, and on Wednesday morn- 

 ing early came to town and received five paira. 



Chas. Bitting. 



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Massachusetts— Boston, Walnut mil Range.— Yh& open- 

 ing contests in the long range match on the 9th showed the 

 men somewhat out of form. An extremely high wind affect- 

 ed the [light of the bullets in a way exceedingly annoying to 

 the marksmen, and the disarrangement of the wind dial, 

 which is undergoing repairs, by no means added to the ac- 

 curacy of calculations. Mr. Sumner's performance in securing 

 20G at the three distances, ma}' be regarded as meritorious. 

 Messrs. Brown, "Webster and Howard follow : 

 J S Snniner. 



800 _ 4 5 555554555554 5—72 



900 5 4555535454555 3-6S 



1,000 4 5543554445445 5—66—206 



EDO vis. 900 yds. 1,000 yds. Total. 



JFBrOwn 04 66 64 104 



D Webster 70 65 5S 198 



WCHoward 71 63 57 1M 



WMWard BS 64 54 183 



S Lew IB 53 59 55 166 



J H Wilkinson 59 51 49 159 



On the 12th the weather was untoward, but the Winches- 

 ter match had 26 entries. The result is as follows; 200 

 yards, 15 rounds : 



DKirkwOOd 4 5455445 5 44 4 54 4—65 



CKGrlfflllg 6 4445444455444 4-64 



J F R Scnaeffer 4 4 544445454545 S-64 



HTyler 4 4536444446446 3—62 



CUMfiigge 4 4543444554443 6—61 



JNlcbOlB 4 4 3 44454444535 4—61 



R Davis 01 D F Hunt „ 



R Davis (re-entry) 59 SBEi.j .: ;,; 



E W Archer 59 W Charles 5T 



J Borden 58 



Medford.— Regular weekly competition in the April series 

 classified match ; Bellevue Range, Wednesday afternoon, 

 April 9, 200 yards ; 



First Class. 



OHRaaaell 5 55444444 6-44 



C H Russell (re-entry) 4 44554545 4—43 



R Sawyer 4 45454654 4—44 



R Sawyer (re-entry) 4 44445454 4—42 



Second Class. 



W G Tonsey 4 44655444 4—43 



EWyrnan 4 64444544 4—42 



E Wynian (re-entry) 4 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 5 4— 42 



J Grady 5 44435653 4—42 



FRGarden 4 44534445 4-41 



Boston, April 13.— The regular monthly prize shoot at the 

 Mammoth Gallery shows some very fine shooting for April. 

 Though no one has yet been successful in getting the extra 

 prize of $20 for eight consecutive bulls, the standing of the 

 several competitors to date is as follows ; 150 feet, rounds 8, 

 possible 40 : 



Wm Bradford 39 E FDIokerman 



Geo Lamb 39 A E Robbies 



TJ A Pollard 33 H L Brown 



C Edwards 33 L W Farrar 



DBKayniond SS J H Slorer 



Blank Hollis SS M L Pratt 



Edwiu W Archer 37 PE Daly 



APDolman 37 FH Hartshorn 



AW Robinson SO J J D Dunne 



Prescott Ely 36 H F Borden 



Geo B Everett 36 



—The New Bedford Rifle Asssociation had their first target 

 practice April 3, at Clark's Cove ; 200 yards, each member 

 firing 30 shots at the regulation target. In the possible 150 : 



GRStetaon 119 SPRichmond 9s 



S Eggers 113 F ABradford 97 



TR Alnry 113 D D Brlggs 92 



RM Ashley 112 WEMacomuer - 



F Butcher 109 GO Sylvia 



H PBabcock 103 G W Parker 



Conneotioitt.— The following officers of the Bridgeport 

 Rifle Club were elected last Thursday ; President, George 

 F. Hull ; Vice-President, H. S. Warner ; Secretary, R. S. 

 Bassett ; Treasurer, George D. Phillips; Executive Com- 

 mittee, Horace L. Eames, Harry Nichols, Wallace Gunn, S. 

 C. Kingman, Charles E. Beers. 



Connecticut— OollinsvUle, April 11. — The Canton Rod and 

 Gun Club held a prize shoot to-day which was open to all 

 comers. The following are the leading scores made on a 24- 

 inch ring target, with rings one inch apart, in three shots, out 

 of a possible 36, off-hand, 200 yards, 31bs. pull ; re-entreea 

 allowed : 



.TDMarks lu U 11— 3a HChapln..., 26 



OBHull 10 11 S-29 HKonold 35 



JHamhton 28 J D Andrews a 



OF Lewis 27 



The winner of the first 1 rize made the following eleven 

 consecutive shots, Creedmoor : 5554455055 5—53 

 out of a possible 55, 



Hartford, April 10.— At the International Rifle Range Mr. 

 J. C. Lester offers prizes for the best six scores made every 

 two weeks with ten shots at the 200 yards Creedmoor target 

 reduced for the 100 feet distance. The following are the 

 scores for the last set of prizes : 



Massachusetts. Creedmoor 



Henry Andrns no 60 



BHWIlllamB 115 49 



WW-Tucker 112 $1 



HO Whitney Ill 43 



i ire nil 48 



GSMenllt 104 45 



A previous first prize was also taken by Capt. Andrus with 

 a fine target of 113 Mass., 49 Creed. Mr. E. H. Williams 

 has opened the new contest with a fine target of 118. 



P. X. 



—The New Haven Rifle Association did some good Bhoot- 

 ing at the Quinnipiac range, notwithstanding the cold. The 

 scores stood : 



1 Shots, 200 Yards-MUitary Rifle. 



AMJohnson 33 JPLanders... . « 



H HiehoU 31 E J Morse *"" £ 



E W Wiiitloclc 30 H D Phillips JT 



WGuuu 29 su Kingman Si 



J Turkey 29 FJCoMn Jj 



1 O'Brien 29 F A Oils „ 



James Reynolds 23 W c Dole, Jr S 



■1 B Stetson as E C Spencer Jo 



WF Murphy 2? A Allen 5? 



RM Walker..- 28 TK Dunn oT 



PO'Ooonor 2T ENichohs in 



WLWarner 26 



200 Yards— All-comers— ADy Rifle. 



HNiehols 32 EWWhitlock 2fl 



.' 1 : .-.' t ■ 5; 



oore 31 SGHall.. ..:.... „ 



BY Nichols 30 PO'Connor «> 



w e story 30 e Nichols '. ,; 



S £1 Hubbard 30 OS Gondell »? 



GC Canfleld so SVobhardt ,t 



FJColvin 30 A Allen '.'.Y.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.n 



600 Yards— Military Rifles. 



R M Walter 31 SCKingman a , 



HNtobOle 30 WI Warner...... . ?| 



J N lane 30 EWWhitlock .'... it 



A U Bohnson 27 W Gunn „ 



P O'Connor 27 AMJounson „ 



AAuen 26 l FO'Brien. ......;;."■;;;;■■■ jj 



500 Yards— All-comers. 



JEStetaon 34 F J Colvin 00 



WCDole.Jr 33 S Y Nichols... 5? 



E W Whitlock 3! S G Hall ?£ 



E Nichols SO ]6 



New York Rifle Club.— A very close and interestine- 



series of competitors among the members of the N. Y Rifle 

 Club for the Alder badge was brought to a close on Satur 

 day evening, April 5. The badge, which was presented bv 

 Mr. Fred Alder, is an elegant piece of workmanship It 

 was shot for under the following conditions: To be won 

 three limes before becoming the final property of the winner 

 ten shots; rifle, .22 cal.; trigger, 3 lb. pull; position off' 

 hand at a 300 yard Wimbledon targe, reduced for the sal 

 lery range; rules of the N. R. A. to govern. Mr. N o" 

 Dounell was the successful man, and his shooting throiieh" 

 out the match is an indication of the fact that the badtre 

 went to the right man: W. H. Dunlap, Nov 25 47- T 1 

 Fitz, Dec. 2, 46 ; A. J. Howlett, Dec. 9, 47; T. Conlin hJo' 

 ifi .is. T rWin rw <m ah. w n Vw' 1. r un '- L ' ec - 



Word and Time Shooting.— A " word and time "shoot 

 ing tournament will begin at Oonlin"s Gallery April "a" 

 Two gold badges are offered for the best scores in'each trial! 



Zbttlek Rifle Club.— A match will be shot at Zettler's 

 Gallery this evening between the first and second teams of 

 the club. The (Calamities) second team dispute the title of 

 championship which has been awarded to the first team in 

 the late tournament. Lovers of fine shooting will «eo tt,» 

 Calamities at their best to-night. e tne 



New- RrPLE Club —Greener's West Side Rifle Team was 

 recently organized at 744 Ninth avenue, and the following 

 officers elected 1 President, John Reitweisner 2d • Vict 

 President, Stephen R. Campbell; Secretary, James C Crakr. 

 Treasurer, George Greener ; Captain, Martin Sensrer ■ Spr 

 geant at Arms, henry Reitweisner. The score last week was'- 



J Reitweisner, 1st 47 PAlbert .', 



JOeh 46 G Greener *„ 



C Welker 45 A Dory. ™ 



W Heppner 45 J Roesner'. !„ 



9 K Campbell 45 A Kiee *? 



J Rossner 44 JEel 1 " 



J C Craig 43 JNathau. j} 



E Holzmann 43 41 



The target used is 200 yards reduced ; possible 50 • ranee 

 85ft ' J. C. O, ' 



Empire Rifle Club— New York, April 15 —At an all 

 comers' match of the Empire Rifle Club, at Hartung Park" 

 on Wednesday last, the following scores were made : 



A J Howlett 4 54455 



FAlder 5 5 4 4 5 J 



N O Dunnell 5 44454 



CEBlydenbnrg 5 44455 



MMMaltby 4 5 5 4 4 4 



Barker 5 44455 



DFDavids 4 6 6 4 4 5 



F Donaldson 4 45453 



ASCase 4 44444 



J W Todd 3 3 6 4 4 i 



6 4 5-46 



4 4 5-46 



6 5 S— 45 



4 4 5-45 



5 4 6^4 

 4 4 5-44 

 4 5 4-44 

 4 5 4-42 



4 5 4-41 



5 4 4—41 

 M. M. M. 



Zettler Rifle Club.— Weekly shoot at 207 Bowerv- 

 Creedmoor targets reduced to gallery distance ; ten shots lier 

 man, possible 50 : 



DMlller 49 C Judson 



G iSoUertnan 48 N D Ward. 1? 



-s 47 R Zimmerman '.'.". £ 



LSBeatse 47 Dcnlhane. . 1? 



Win Klein 47 E Hunzlnger ....".'.'. TJ 



A E3kn.ro J6 U Oehl... fc « 



M B Bngel 48 H Brown JJ 



DGZettler 45 f Lew :, 



'" LTreubd % 



"-'.42 



under conditions requiring shootmg off-hand, globe and neen 

 sight three-pound pull at 500 yards ; target reduced for gal- 

 lery distance; open tor all members of Company F Twoiitv 

 second Regiment Rifle Club, and to become the property of 

 the one winning it three times. The winning scores were 

 as follows :_46, 47, 47 out of a possible 50. 



