fluenceB arc not purely imaginary he may know 'who with 

 younger eyes and younger ears has seen and heard these sil- 

 ver-haired*companions of half a century's hunting experiences 

 thus reviewing the incidents of the years. And then perhaps 

 he may learn tbat mutual esteem and good will result not 

 simply from the kindred tastes which unite Ihem as sports- 

 men, but in the qualities as well which make them true men. 



Our real inteut in this personal allusion to Col. Tucker and 

 his ilk is to insist upon the moral which scores and scores of 

 American business and professional men may draw from the 

 picture. We are not idly and foolishly exalting sport and 

 carping at earnest work. Life is serious, as all of us who are 

 not clams nor butterflies discover before we are through with 

 it; the responsibilities imposed by its relations are grave 

 enough for every one ; and he who shirks is not a man. But no 

 more is it manly to set at defiance all physical laws ; to blindly 

 ignore the most common principles of cause and effect, to 

 barter health for gold and physical manhood for place. Our 

 streets are filled with throngs of men who are gray and bent 

 before their time ; the death notices of our newspapers arc 

 overcrowded with names which appear there thirty and fifty 

 years sooner than they ought to ; the obituary column may 

 not rarely be condensed to a simple story of unrecognized su- 

 icide. The lesson of moderation is a lesson which in American 

 Bocicty lo-day cannot be too repeatedly nor too emphatically 

 insisted upon; it is a lesson which in a thousand instances is 

 learned only when its usefulness must give way to regret. It 

 does not of necessity follow that every man shall mount his 

 horse and set out across country after a fox's brush, nor make 

 his bull's-eye at Creedmoor, nor bring down the quail in its 

 flight, nor cast his fly for the trout ; we cannot all command 

 yachts nor go to the ends of the earth in quest of amusement. 

 But there are offered to every man abundant opportunities 

 of one kind or another for relaxation and invigoration. The 

 neglect to improve these is as much of a sin aa some of those 

 offences which happened to receive mention in the Decalogue. 

 We know a minister whoss sermons would be tenfold more 

 edifying and himself a thousand times more of a Christian 

 man could he only be induced to indulge in so simple a thing 

 as an after-dinner game of croquet ; to handle a rifle would 

 make an entirely new being of himr 



We believe in muscular Christianity. 



—We recently received a call from Mr. Wm. L. Bradbury, 

 of Nason, Va., one of the editors of the Southern Planter 

 and Farmer. This journal published at Richmond, is the 

 leading agricultural journal of the South. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



New IlAMPSurrtE.— Six men in Manchester were recently 

 convicted and fined $10 each for having in possession and 

 Belling wild ducks out of season, and two parties were fined 

 the same amount for selling lobsters of less than eleven inches 

 in length. The plea that the ducks were killed in another 

 State was urged, but not allowed. It ought not to have been. 



if The Ohio Fish L&.vr.—Bditor Forest and Stream: We 

 have had no bass fishing yet, owing to the river being too 

 high, and the chances are that we will have no fishing this 

 year, as the new fish law, passed a year ago. Bays, no catching 

 fish in any manner from Ma 1 to June 15. I don't know how 

 it is in other streams in the State, but ihe law puts a stop to 

 our bass fishing in Grand River, as good a stream f r bass as 

 flows into Lake Erie. For the law says no fishing at the only 

 time we can catch them. The river as a rule does not run 

 down enough to make good fishirg before May 1, at which 

 lime we enjoy the best of fishing until about the 15th of June, 

 when ihe bass begin spawning, and we have no more fishing. 

 In mid-summer one may see the bass— great two and three- 

 pound fellows— within a foot of the shore, watching their 

 spawning-beds; and I would like to see the angler smart 

 enough io take one of them. Occasionally one may be caught 

 with a fly, but it is seldom they will notice any bait. The bass 

 fishermen here are very much provoked. The law might in- 

 crease the bass tenfold, and it would benefit no one but the 

 Lake men, who have their pounds set from one end of the 

 Lake to the other. If the Legislature bad, instead of this 

 law, passed more stringent law3 in regard to Lake fishing they 

 would have done a much more sensible thing. Tons of Bmall 

 fish are brought in, and, for want of use, thrown into vats and 

 the oil b UerJ out of the'm, or perhaps sold for a mere nothing 

 for some other purpose. Why cannot these m n be com- 

 pelled to clump these fish back into the Lake ? Nantt. 

 Painmtle, 0., April 11. 



IP* gifo. 



—In the very remarkable scores chronicled in our last issue 

 as having been made at the Columbia Rifle Range, Washing- 

 ton, 1>. C, by Messrs. Ben. Chambers and Ool. J. O. P. Burn- 

 side, we should have been pleased if our correspondent had 

 told us at the time of writing that the Remington rifle was 

 used, as we have since been informed was the fact. We be- 

 lieve that Mr. Chambers' score of 134 out of a possible 150 is 

 the largest score on record by any rifle in thirty consecutive 

 shots. There were no sighting Bhots. 



Massachusetts— Gardner, April 12.— The following are 

 the newly elected officers of the Gardner Riflj Club : Presi- 

 dent, H.C. Kuowlton ; Vice-President, C. O. Bent ; Secre- 

 tary and Treasurer, Alec Knowlton ; Executive Committee, 

 A- Coleman, S. B. Hildreth. At the annual meeting held at 

 Cataract Hall, in the South Village, the club voted to enlarge 

 their building at the range, and make such other improve- 

 ments npou the grounds as are needed. It was voted to hold 

 at Hackmatack range every Wednesday for prac- 

 tice. After examining the different targets now in use, the 

 club has come to the conclusion that there are none that give 

 so good an idea of the scores made at short range as the ring 



target, and this has been adopted. The following are tbe 



scores this week, 200 yards, off-hand. The day was fine and 



all that could be desired for this cIbbb of sporting -. 



E. C K. C. Totals. 



Q F EllBWOUR SS 4ii Si '17 115 83 



FENiCBOie K2 45 73 44 IBB 80 



GRPratt 71 +3 76 41 147 ST 



INDodge <!> 44 71 14 Kit; 88 



wm Austin Mi 44 54 40 120 84 



ODitaon r,n id ,'iR 43 111 S3 



Massachusetts— Worcester, April 10.— Mr. Wm. Perry, of 

 this city, and a well-known local shot, has developed a novel 

 trial of skill. He rests a glass ball on a Blight knoll or other 

 elevation, about 50 feet away, and with a Winchester repeat- 

 ing rifle fires at the ground under it. The glass ball is thrown 

 into the air by the shock of the rifle hall striking the ground, 

 and he reload's the rifle and shoots the glass ball while it is in 

 the air. ■ He succeeded at the first trial, and his practice indi- 

 cates that he will be able to achieve the feat otten. 



Walnttt Hill.— A fish-tail, 12 o'clock wind, forced the 

 scores down in the second match of the long-range classified 

 series. The shooters declared that a more thoroughly aggra- 

 vating wind never blew over the rauge. Quite a number of 

 spectators were present at the range -. 

 J P Brown. 



EDO ^ 5 455555 5 4454B5 2-68 



ill, fi 5243656465455 6-67 



l.nyO 6 245564845664 5 i— 65-1 



800 yds. 900 yds. 1,000 yds. Total 



D Webster 68 63 67 



J S snmner... 7(1 60 59 



A Hebbnrd 59 59 61 



ML Bradford 68 ;.6 55 



W W Morse 69 - 40 



O Edwards ,..16 39 11 



F Taylor 60 29 . withdrew 



J XL Wilkinson OS 62 withdrew 



W C Howard 62 69 withdrew 



On Saturday, at 200 yards, the scores were better, but the 

 bad weather kept away many of ihe spectators. The moist 

 weather made the guns work well, however, Jewell and Frye, 

 in the " Winchester Rifle" mutch, using Maynard's of .85 

 and .40 calibre, equaled the remarkable performance of Mr. 

 Farrow in the same competition in March last as to the num- 

 ber of points made (71), though his score outranked theirs, 

 in winding up with tour "bulls." The Winchester match 

 had 25 entries, the best scores following : 



OM Jewell 5 5545455645545 5—71 



J N Frye 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5 565445 5—71 



W OBarlea 6 4455654654455 4—69 



H Mortimer 5 4455544543444 3—63 



HTjler 5 4 4 4 5 4 3 4 4 415 4 4 4—62 



O Running 3 854 t 4 4 4 344444 4—69 



Mammoth Rifle Galleey — Boston, April 19. — The shoot- 

 \ ing this w T eek at this gallery has been, we think, the finest 

 ' shooting at 50 yards that has ever occurred in this country. 

 • Mr. Frank Hollis, on Wednesday last, succeeded in getting 

 eight consecutive bull's-eyes, a feat never before done in this 

 gallery in its three years' life. Mr. Hollis takes the extra 

 prize of $20, offered by the management, and they are ready 

 to pay the same amount to as many as can equal Mr. Hollis' 

 very brilliant shooting. The competition is still very strong, 

 and several aspirants for clean scores foilow very closely in 

 Mr. Hollis' steps. No doubt before another week the man- 

 agement will be obliged to announce more clean scores. 

 Messrs. Bradford and Lamb have both made 39 twice this last 

 week. The following is the summary of the best scores, 150 

 feet, rounds 8, possible 40 



Frank: Bollis 5 5 5 B 5 5 5 5-40 



Win Bradford 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 6-39 



George Lamb i 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 5—39 



TJAPollard 5 4 5 4 5 5 5 5-38 



CEdsrurdS 5 5 4 4 6 5 5 5— 38 



D E ilajnioni! 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5— SS 



ESTobey, Jr..- 4 5 5 5 5 S 4 5—38 



Edwin \V Aiclier 4 5 4 4 6 5 5 5-37 



WmHRestarick 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 5—37 



APHolman 4 5 4 5 a 4 6 5-3! 



Med ford — The renewed competition in the classified match 

 (April series) took place at Bellevue Range. April 16, and re- 

 BultecTin following scores : 



First Class, 



U Withington 4 44545545 5—45 



4 4 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5-45 



Second class. 



WGTousey 4 6 5 4 5 6 4 4 4-45 



EWAloher 5 544 4 4444 5—43 



R Sawyer 5 444 5 4544 4 — 43 



Tnird Class. 



HLHarris .5 44454544 4 — 43 



AIS Archer .... 4 44444444 4—40 



EFKenrick 4 3 3 13 3 4 4 4 3—35 



FATucKer 4 34434443 2— 3S 



Connecticut— OollinsMle, April 17. — At a regular meeting 

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

 scores were made off-hand, 200 yards : 



Mass. Creed. Mass. Creed 



OBHull 1:14 44 JDAndrews 



J Hamilton 103 43 



The following is the score of this week's shooting at Hack- 

 matack Range, Gardner, by the Gardner Rifle Club, 200 yds., 

 off-hand : 



Totals. 



M. 



A ti Bobbins 80 



11 O Knolton 75 



O OBjjM 76 



GR Piatt si 



V & Nichols 57 



i IS Dodge 67 



GFEliswonh 63 



Onories Hinds 46 



O Ditson \% 



C. 



M. 



S3 



O. 



45 

 43 



M. 



163 

 152 



h» 



C. 



IS 



Mew York City. — Greener's AVest Side Bifie Team weekly 

 score, 200 yards, target reduced j possible 50 ! 



JotmRoeaner.... 47 A Dory 42 



G Greener is c Wdkur 42 



JReitweisner 41 JOch 42 



BRCampbell 44 M Honmnner 41 



E Holzmann 43 



As Echo of the Tournament.— There is a pleasant flavor 

 about the following note from one of the defeated teams in 

 the Forest and Stream Tournament. It but formulates 

 the feelings of all connected with the contest : 



Catholic Ihstithtk, Newark, N. J., April 17, 1879. 

 Editor Forest and Stkeaki . 



Gentlemen — i have the pleasure to inform you that at the 

 regular monthly meeting of the Catholic Institute Amateur 

 Rifle Club, beld the Kith insi., the thanks of the club were 

 tendered to you lor- your efforts to make the late tournament 

 in New York successful, and for your generous encourage- 

 ment of a pleasant and useful recreation. We also feel 



bound to give expression to our pleasure at the courtesy ex- 

 tended to us by the gentlemen whom we met on that occa- 

 sion, Dr. Dudley, of the Empire Rifle Club, whose team 

 shot on the same evening as ours, and Mr. Conlin, of the 

 gallery, especially being very agreeable and attentive. 



Respectfully yours, T. J. Ryan, Sec. pro tern. 



Crekdmooe.— The sixth annual opening of tbe ranges of tbe 

 National Rifle Association took place on the 16tb. Tbe 

 weather being fine, a good company went down with their 

 rifleB, some for long and others for short range work. At the 

 long ranges practice scores on y were made, the 900 and 1.C0O 

 yards targets showing the white disk very frequently. The 

 long rangers will soon have a new experience since it is pro- 

 posed to move the belt of trees lying at the west of the range. 

 Thia will of course affect the gusts of wind and possibly show 

 a result on tbe scores. The match of the day was for the 

 Turf Field and Farm, Badge. In this there were twenty- 

 seven entries, and very good Ecores by each and every one, 33 

 being the lowest record shown. W. M. Farrow was the 

 winner, and for the third time, which gave him the badge as 

 his personal property. The conditions required 10 shots at 

 200 yards with any breech-loader; position, standing; open 

 to all members of the N. R. A., except winners of the former 

 Turf Field and Farm badges. The record of the day stood : 



WM Farrow 47 AJHowlett., to 



44 FJDonatdEon 59 



C E Blydenburgh, a T J Dolan .39 



FUHolion 43 W FHiggins '.'."." 39 



J W Todd 43 CHEasle S9 



DrM MMaltby 42 A Anderson 39 



DFDavida 42 J A Batry 88 



J L Paulding ,...42 W A Robinson 3s 



AMMlller 42 W L Fist 37 



W DWard 41 RFicfeen 36 



J WMangam 40 Homer Flsber 36 



'man , 40 FHBaker 38 



T C Mallerj 40 A smart .'33 



J L Miller 40 



The several contests for this badge have been won as fol- 

 lows: 

 1877— June 30, W. R Llvermore, Spg., 42. July 28, J. F. Ratnyen, Bal. 



8., 44. August 28, A. Anderson, R. M„ 42. September 29, Lewis Cai^s 

 R.M., 43. October 20, A. F. Finiels. S. C, 42. November 17 W M 



L. Morse, ial.,'45. October 5, J. L. Paulding, S. C.T46.~ November 23' 

 W. M. Farrow, Bal., 45. Apiil 16, W. M. Farrow (final winner), Bal.) 



The succeeding day of the season was the 19th, when the 

 first contest for the champion marksman's badge of 1879 took 

 place. The weather was very bad, but the match went on at 

 200 and 300 yards with State model rifles (Remington £0). 

 The new badge is a fac-simile of the Stale badge, surrounded 

 with a laurel wreath of gold, stained green, in Etruscan style. 

 Pointed rays shoot from it, and it is attached to a gold clasp 

 on which are engraved the words, "Champion Marksman', 

 1879." Bain and snow fell on the range up to 3 p.m. It 

 then cleared and was cold, with a strong head wind during 

 the shooting. There were twenty-six entries, and the best 

 scores were as follows : 



CH Eagle 42 JLPauldiDg 37 



TSDolan 41 G F Merchant 3* 



W J Underwood, Jr 41 S H Denton, Jr ... ss 



CFRobbins 39 U Wood .jjjj 



J R Groliman 38 E L Dows *.' 32 



!tB ward 37 J H Jones '.56 



— C. B. Blydenburgh was in town last week from his far- 

 away Western home. He appeared at Creedmoor, and was 

 about the galleries telling some tall tales of Western marks- 

 manship. 



—The Seppenfeldt and South Brooklyn teams met again 



for a gallery contest on the evening of the 16th. The men 

 fired at 200-yard targets reduced, and had a very close battle 

 of it, the full scores standing : 



Seppenfeldt Rifle Team— Isaac Garretson, Capt. 



John W Adams 6 55654664 5-45 



Wm Seppenltld! 5 45564454 6—46 



Albert Keller 5 84564554 5—46 



PBrennan 5 45644465 3-45 



H Ji.etme — • 4 46445546 4—44 



GCWalterS ,5 44654355 4-44 



Isaac Garrison 3 44455535 5—43 



Max Kern 4 34445445 6-42 



OFltzpatnck 4 35444444 6—41 



JonnRein 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 . 36-456 



Sontli Brooklyn Rifle Team— Capt T. H. Roche 



TTXRocbe _, 5 44655545 6—47 



FASiiattOn 5 34554545 6-46 



WMcKnne 4 5 5 556446 4-44 



AH. Anderson 4 54446555 5-46 



DrGWWelty 5 44553454 6— id 



DTratter 4 44545453 5—43 



JBurn B 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 4-42 



JNKamjliton 4 45446454 4—42 



J B Hazleton, Jr 4 44445434 5— ai 



CniZiegler 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 5 4 4-39-434 



New Jebsbs — Brinton Range. — The grounds of the N. J. 

 State Rifle Association were opened for the season on the 

 15th with the fourth contest for a Bennington rifle ; all 

 comers; 200 yards ; any rifle; position, standing; ten scor- 

 ing shots : sixteen entries. The following were the leading 

 scores: Frank Hyde, 44; W. M. Farrow, 43; W. A Mul- 

 ford,43; A. J. Howlitt, 43; C. E. Blydenburgh, 42; J. L 

 Paulding, 42; J. S. Conlin, 41 ; F. J. Donaldson, 41 ; Dr 

 M. M. Maltby, 41 ; C. G. Zettler, 40 ; J. W. Mangam, 40 ■' 

 *'. Alder, 39. Saturday, the 19th, the fourth match for a 

 Ballard rifle was held. Open to all comers ; any breech- 

 loader ; distance, 200 yards ; rounds, 20 ; off-hand, and 

 without cleaning. The scores were excellent, the following 

 being the best ; W. M. Farrow, 89; R. K. Buckman, 86 • J 

 F. Hill, 86; W. A. Mulford, 84; H. Fisher, 83; S. T B 

 Collins, 83 ; F. H. Halton, 82 ; J. W. Todd, 82 ; I R Den- 

 man, 81 ; F. Brown, 79 ; T. Fitz, 78 ; L. H. Greve 84 • C 

 M. Stimis, 71. ' 



—A match at 200 yards, between teams of ten men from 

 the Bergen Point, N. J., Rifle Club and the Massachusetts 

 Rifle Association, will be decided on the respective ranges 

 of the two clubs on the 26th, the rasult to be communicatpd 

 by telegraph. The Massachusetts team will be a particular- 

 ly strong one, and will consist of some of the best sh ots in 

 the Association. 



FTewark.— The following is the weekly score of the New- 

 ark Amateur Rifle Club : 



WCGardner 5 45465565 5-4S 



WmHayus 5 556565n4 4— 48 



J*' Bill, 3 4 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 5-45 



The Felsburg 5 44455455 4-44 



X.J£*"V*; 4 5 4 4 4 4 6 4 4 5-4S 



«£ 1 Sr !pd * * •* « S 4 4 5 3 4-42 



M Walsh 4 44E56445 4-43 



GLlresche 5 53444444 4-4D 



7J A Rodrtgo 5 5 4 S 6 3 3 4 f. 4—10 



•fi-ong 1 3 24 2 44535 5—37 



Columbia Rifle Association, — The first annual Spring 

 Prize Meeting of the Columbia Rifle Association will be held 



