iOHEST AND blKEAM. 



back to the pond. Tlic sun breaks, through the clouds, mak- 

 ing Ihe trees and bushes look as if hung with diamonds. The 

 Bob White is calling again, and after bailing the rain out of 

 the boat we start.' Nowwbat ;t change! The trout, are 

 breaking all over the pond, and we are as busy as we can be. 

 The grizzly king seems to be the favorite to-day, although 

 the coachman is not far behind. It is near traiu-time, though, 

 and we must leave off, much to our regret On our way 

 back across the pond 1 am startled by a large trout jumping 

 clear out of water and over my dies, showing good sixteen 

 incuea. i strike quick, and am lucky enough to hook him as 

 he goes down— nut in th in the tail ! Thus har- 



nessed, he has a decided advantage over me; but though 

 short of time, we must save him, notwithstanding a very 

 light and much-worn leader. He goes up and down and across 

 the pond, but with a graceful bend the Conroy rod keeps a 

 tiresome drag on himrand at test the net envelops the largest 

 trout of this season so far out Of Carmen's Pond. Weight, 1| 

 pounds. Hurriedly we take our rods apart and drive to the 

 station, much pleased with our short but pleasant trip to the 

 Bouth. side of Long Island. W r . Hobbbkton. 



SEBEC LAKE SALMON FISHING. 



/ Snn> I'oxn Stkkam, Head ol Sebec Lake, Ma.v in, 1870,. 



Editok Forest and sthkau ; 



This season's flailing tor land-locked salmon began under very pe- 

 culiar c-ircamstanees, by notice from a farmer wh > lives In Bight CJ 

 the main late; he was watching the lee for me while tilling the B«tJ 

 for his snowttiike potatoes. 1 was notified at a a. m., May 7, toe 



ice in the lake was moving, it all oetngout of the unnwpart ol the 

 lake for a distance of six tubes ft an Iks dam ; caused by the current 

 and the high water, I at once sent telegraph, dispatches to about ten 

 friends who had previously accepted au invitation, by letter, to join 

 rortte spo 



yphra 



me ou my aoouaJ 



rnenoed putting up touts, pales, rode, 

 all ready to hoist salt on the arrival 

 May 8. Bui I was obliged to change m 

 party, including David Bngbee— V the 

 Geo Lancaster, Jonn Jennys, Mr Boftte, o. ED, 

 ney, ol the St. John Telegraph, and Loomis Ti 

 the 3 r. M. train, just oa 

 They had got 



hen I cjttletly win- 

 a, smelts, eic, to be 

 a and stage at v !30, 

 tie, as all the Bangor 



m In the crowd"— 



B. N., James Uan- 



:, had left Bangor on 



before my dispatches were received. 



g tor ray dispatches hy re. ding postal 



card- that I Bent (hem every day. 



1 hoisted sail at 9:30, May s. leaving teams for friends who were 

 coming on the next train to meet me on " Kemud eland Point," better 

 known as the " Narrows." Tfte breeze being light and the load heavy 

 11 was slow beating up the narrow part of the lake. We arrived In 

 sight ot the Narrows about 4:311, after calling at Bowerbauh aud taking 

 on board Mr. Charles Sawyer of Dexler. Ws fount the ice in tho 

 main lake had jammed, and it looked Impossible to break through it. ; 

 so we went into camp, hereafter known as '■ Camp Bugbee." After 

 eatlugeggs. cooked by Mr. Soate, the evening was ep :nt in many ways. 

 Birch bark being handy every man was notltletl to equip himself with 

 a flambeau, march up the cow-path ot las year, surroand the pret- 

 tiest-toned frog and capture hi ra if possible. It being a cold night (ice 

 forming one third of an inch thick) and the Ore getting low, all hands 

 were up before the sun— a very uncommon occurrence with many of 

 the party. Betting was brisk on the que tiou ot getting the boat 

 through the broken cakes of ice, all the party betting against me. I 

 received encouragement from several Diver and F.jxcroft gentlemen 

 who were camped ou the opposite shore, that we could get through 

 in a tew hours, which we did, and arrived at Lancaster Gap, mouth of 

 the stream, at 6 f. si.— just in season for tho evening's fishing. How 

 the excitement commenced. With seven or eight men who never aaw 

 a land-locked salmon, all armed with Leonard uy-rods, those, and only 

 those, acquainted with the flan can imagine the fan. i can only re- 

 member that for a long time some one was calling for another hook, 

 another "shiner," or a dip-net, that kept "Bert" on the jump all the 

 time. After giving orders for pitching the tents, laying down the 

 mattresses and starting the lire, I stole away to the foot of Ihe rough 

 water, waded to a favorite rock, and in less time than I had specified 

 in my bet before starting I hooked a 'i% pound salmon. I begged " the 

 oldest man" in the crowd to hold him or break my rod. After he had 

 witnessed his strength in rough water 1 easily led him into a dip net 

 after he had been out of water several times from two to four feet. 

 We had no trouble in taking all the flsh we could ask for. Each one 

 of the party succeeded in hooking and landing from one to seven 

 Balmon; if we could have remained one or two days longer I know 

 that many D3h would have been wasted. Besides the excitement ot 

 the flsh, the mnsk-rats were so thick that with a flambeau on the drank 

 one could lie in the Margaret and almost touch the rats swimming 

 around her for fun, the boat being hitched on the point that is all 

 undermined with their homes. Every oio ought to know what a nice 

 soup rata, snowflake potatoes, and a lew onions win make. Old Hun- 

 ter Lyford ouce told me it would put more life in a weak man than any 

 other wild meat. The nest good Ashing will be with fly. 



Frank M. Fokd. 



<§<miq $zg and §tm* 



JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. 



—Messrs G. and A. Haydeu, of Jacksonville, 111,, have pur- 

 chased an interest in the Edwin C. Green's breech-loaders, 

 and with their new arrangements they hope to supply the de- 

 mand for the arm. Their advertisement appears elsewhere. 



—An Iowa City, Iowa, correspondent writes that he has 

 employed with most excellent results the method of brown- 

 ing gun barrels, given in our issue of March ti. We think 

 tho fault ol the failures is not in the recipe but in lack of 

 skill in apply iug it. 



—The Bohemian Glass Works managers think that there is 

 is no necessity for postponing shooting tournaments, as with 

 the present perfection of glass ball traps and the use of the 

 Paine feather filled balls, a very good substitute for birds may 

 be had. If the pigeons are scarce, the glass balls will never 

 fail so long as the sand holds out. We think ourselves that 

 the employment of any good substitute for birds is preferable 

 to the postponement of these conventions. This is certainly 

 so, if, as it should be, the priraary object of the meeting he 

 to confer about the protection of game. Sportsmen's conven- 

 tions pay too much attention to the shooting, and give alto- 

 together too little time to the important oijestions which 

 should be intelligently and exhaustively discussed. 



Cam. BoGAKors' Shootino SonooB. — Capt. Bogardus is 

 living great success in his new Shooting School for Wing 



Practice, at No. 15S South Clark St., Chicago, where he gives 

 instruction in glass ball shootiDg as preparatory to sport in 

 the held. The Captain and his son Eugene have been giving 

 a series of exhibitions with the shot-gun and rifle, the pro- 

 gramme including an unusually extended and varied list of 

 difficult reals. Balls are hit in every conceivable way, and 

 not the least ingenuity displayed is that of devising new tricks 

 with the gun. 



Lafluj & Rasd Powdbii Co.— When we say that some of 

 the Lafiiu & Hand Powder Co.'s mills have the reputation of 

 long standing we do not refer to that inherent property of 

 powder mills whereby they may at any moment blow them- 

 selves and everything around them into shivers. We must 

 be understood as saying rather that these mills having beeD 

 established long ago, and having kept up with the tioies now 

 possess a high record among powder manufactories. The 

 works of the company are located at Newbury, Esopus and 

 Schaghticoke, N. Y. ; Wayne, N. J.; Cressona, Moosic and 

 Jermyn, Pa., and Platteville, Wis. The numerous other 

 magazines in various parts of the country afford unusual fa- 

 cilities for quickly supplying all demands. The Laflin & 

 Rand brands, especially the Orange and Orange Lightning, 

 have long been popular with sportsmen. The Creedmoor 

 brand, manufactured particularly for rifle shooting, has given 

 the greatest satisfaction to our best known experts, and is 

 gradually becoming known to the range men. The new Laflin 

 <fc Rand Powder Co.'s circular has a page of the best illus- 

 tration of powder grains we hive ever seen. It is done by 

 the new Arotype method, a process which is likely to revolu- 

 tionize book illustrating. 



Massaohtjsktts— Salem, May 23, — Spring snipe shooting 

 was not up to the average this year. Miles River carried the 

 palm. Newburyport grounds in good order, but few bags 

 made. Winter yellow-legs are along, also some peeps and 

 ringnecks. R. L. N. 



— The following gun clubs have recently been organized in 

 Illinois: 



Elmwood (111.) Gun Club.— W. W. T. Welles, President j 

 Jno F. Caldwell, Vice-President; T. E. Elliott, Secretary; 

 F. B Tracy, Treasurer ; Isaac flurff, D. D. Memlenhall, 

 Geo. Van Sickle, Managers. 



Pekin (111.) Gun Club.— John Berry, President; Henry 

 Heisel, Vice-President; Geo. E. Schaummfellle, Secretary, 

 James Haines, Jr., Treasurer; Executive Committee, John 

 Berry, Henry Heisel, John Durans, John C. Ramsey, Louis 

 Staffer. 



Delevan (111.) Prairie Club.— P. Clark, President ; Jno. 

 Warne, Vice-President; H. A. Flint, Secretary and Treas- 

 urer. 



Cantou (111 ) Game and Pish Protection Club.— Jos. Donn, 

 President: Daniel Drake, Vice-President ; A. Walker. Secre- 

 tary ; C. A. Emery, Treasurer. 



—Mr. C. B. Boughton, of Titusville, Pa., the inventor of 

 the explosive target ball, has also nearly ready a new inven- 

 vention of great value to marksmen, who all appreciate the 

 difficulty of identifying bull's eye shots uuder all circum- 

 stances. The invention of Mr. Boughton consists in a disk 

 prepared of fulminate paper painted black and exactly cover- 

 ing the bull's-eye and fastened at top and bottom with hooks. 

 When struck at any point by the ball, the paper at once ex- 

 plodes and consumes, being a positive proof of a hit to (lie 

 marksman and his lriends. The attendant can at once sub- 

 stitute another disk and at the same time mark the shot. 

 There can be no question as to the value of this invention 

 and the certainty of its universal adoption. 



Dbek Shooting on thb Sisqfoo Rivku. — Santa Barbara, 

 Cat, March 25.— Editor Forest and Stream : Early one morn- 

 ing in July a party of four, consisting of Mr. l< \ , one of the 

 leading merchants of Santa Barbara ; E. and W., two jolly 

 fellows in camp, and your correspondent, left town for the 

 old camping ground on ihe Sisquoc Ranch. Santa Barbara 

 you must know is surrounded on three sides by mountains, 

 and in order to get into good hunting country one must cross 

 over them. By the time we reached the top the sun was two 

 or three hours high and it seemed as if we would melt. How- 

 ever, the other side was still cool and shady, so after a short 

 rest at the Summit House we again started on ward until we 

 reached a clear stream of water, where we stopped to rest 

 our horses and eat lunch. After an hour's stay we hitched 

 up and drove until we reached the Jinaquoc Ranch House, 

 where we decided to stay overnighl. 



We were up betimes and were soon started on our way 

 again. The road ran through some splendid country. We 

 saw as we passed along hundreds of acres of grain standing 

 ripe and ready for the reaper, and as the breeze swept over 

 it it looked like some vast sea stirred by the wind. The river 

 was reached about noon, and for the next two hours we drove 

 slowly over the boulders, working our way well up into the 

 deer country. Our camp was reached about two o'clock, 

 and the tent was soon pitched, horses attended, and every- 

 thing ready for to-morrow's hunt. 



Iif California every stream of any size is called a river. 

 Eastern people would have culled the Sisquoc River a creek 

 had they seen it while we were there, for as it had not rained 

 for several months, the streams had dw indled down very 

 small, but in the raiuy season they are very respectable. This 

 river gets its name from an Indian chief who, many years ago, 

 lived on its banks. Indian graves are very numerous on the 

 Jjtlle flats through which the stream runs. Mr. Steven Bowers, 

 a gentleman employed by the Government, has opened great 

 numbers of them, and has shipped tons of relics away from 

 here. „ 



In the morning F. and 1 started out together, as we usually 

 do, and had not gone far before I saw two deer standing to- 

 gether about one hundred and fifty yards distant. One 

 dropped to my shot and the other made off, and though I 

 fired several shots after him I failed to hit him. On going up 

 to the dead one, it proved to be a large, fat doe. She was 

 soon dressed and hung on a limb, and we started on. We 

 traveled several miles this day, but failed to find any more 

 deer, though signs were very plenty. Next morning we sad- 

 dled our horses aud rode over to a canon where the deer were 

 more plentiful. 1 had separated from F. and was walking 

 slowly along when I beard two shots in quick succession, and 

 soon a large'buck came staggering through the brush and fell 

 dead at my feet. F. soon made his appearance, and aa we 



were dressing him we heard four shots on the hill opposite, 

 and on going over we found W. had killed three does. 



id humor that night, and many a song was sting 

 and story told before we sought our beds." F. kill: 

 bttck almost as large as the first, and nearly in the same place, 

 and I got a spike buck. The next day, and just as we finished 

 dinner, a young doe came down close to camp to drink and 

 was killed by F. who happened to get his gun ready first. 

 We stayed in camp and rested on the day following, and I had 

 three good shots at two deer that came to drink, but as I was 

 much excited I missed them both. 



Next clay we started tor home and changed our route and 

 came by way of the Gaviota pass. This pass is a channel cut 

 through the mountain range, and as you drive through yon 

 can see cliffs some three hundred feet high, towering above 

 you ; it is a magnificent spectacle. Thirty miles more and 

 we were again in Santa Barbara. E. 0. F. 



— See Bogardus' advertisement. 



oka hie a 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



CnALLKWIK TO TUG WORLD.— I Will ShOOt a UlatOll at 8 



ballB, eacli I'm- »:>"<"! orsi.wi'i a side. The rnatcli to be . 

 rise, from my pateut glass ball trap ; and on the day ol 

 ceptor and 1 to toss lor choice to shoot, ami I , . 

 choice to commence to shoot, ami shout, nniii i, 



Starts in Bind sic until la mimes ; aanl l lie i 



ber tlrs-, to win, on the same plan as billiards. 



The match can be made at my headquarters and shooting gallery, 

 153 So. Clark St., Chicago, at any time. A. H. Bogaedds, 



Champion Wing Shot of the World. 



New Hasipsbtxrb— Ashland, May 24.— ABhlaud Gun Club; weekly 

 contest for ten ball match ; Bogardus trap aud rules : 



EP Warner 1 1 l l 1 n 1 1 1 U— S 



3 Q Mori tson 1 11111111 1— HI 



BCSttepird l ill i o ti it i C— B 



(LSClark l i n t i o n l t l— 7 



LAllam 1 1 u 1 1 1 0—5 



M. 



Massachusetts— Wvrcetter ,iIoy 54. -The Bpwtsj u i 

 ly have accepu d a challenge from the Marlborough Club to shoot a 

 _ lass ball match ou Memorial Day. In June last tic Marlborongli 

 i , on by a score ot 227 to 219 out of a possible *0u. JalylSMie 

 Worcester team won 231 to 2l»; Ansae II again byascoreof 25S10 

 25;. The Worcester Team for the coming nialeh is composed as fol- 

 lows : Messrs. W. 8. Perry, A. Houghton, G. 3, Kugg, L. K. Hudson, I '. 

 B. Holden, N. S. Johnson, B. T. Smith, A. P. Pond, sreu. Clark, W.il. 

 Cole ; with Messrs. M. D. oilman aud C. C. Houghton as substitutes. 



New York— Buffalo, Way 21.— Friday, Mav 23, at Mr. B. M. Shuitz's 

 i Pane, Buffalo P.ains, George W. Smith of the Ccieeu City 

 Club, and Jacob Beier, Jr., of the Audubons, shot, a mulch at 20 birds 

 each, 2J yarcs, -with the following result: 



Smith 1 lllllOllllllllll'-l I—ID 



Beier 1 OOllOllllllOOOllll 1—14 



H. 18. G. 



Sooth Carolina— Charleston.— Mr. Geo. A. Douglass, an enterpris- 

 ing young soortsman, has opened i ng p»rK at the cool Blow 



Garden, winch is bole ,0; ■ i within em-} walking bUmiice of 



the city. The park has become very popular with our sporting frater- 

 nity, and every pleasant afiemoou qui 1 e a number of gentleman can 

 be found on the grounds practicing at glass balls. The Charleston 

 Snorting Ciub, waiclihas been recently oroarnzoo, had a practice match 

 a few days since, the llrst of a series of three c ■'.,•■■ ■: . •- .i . ;■ i 



of ton men to shoot against a team of ten men from Augustaon the set h 

 ot this month. The best scores made were as lolh.ws. 20 sin - 

 I.. Cory, 19 ; Dr. l.anneau, IS ; .Mr. Hall, 17 . W. J. Whaley 1\ 

 The scores made upon au average were vo gm . tthepar- 



ties had never shot a glass hall before. .So.no excellent Shooting may 



beexpeoted, as the visiting spo majre 01 . , : „t shots, ami our men 



are determined to give them a severe light. 



Algonquin Gun Club.— The Algonquin Gun Ciub, of New York, will 

 open Its grouuda at Wcchawken, N J. (Forty-second Btie I 



morrow afternoon. The officers of the club are: Jus. P. B 



President; Jas. Dunseith, Vice-President : Goo. Burner, Secretary. 

 The Committee of Arrangements are: Win. Burns u m. B. Lnndle, 

 David Simpson, G. J. Saner, J. H. Boeaseenneoker, Rpb't Gordon. 



Onto— YmiminUimn, May 24.— The following scores were made on 

 May 17 by the Buckeye Bail Breakers, at the first, semi-mono 

 for the championship of the club ; Bogarduo' iules, Card's rotary trap, 

 15 smooth glass balls each, is yards rise: 



Arkwrigbt ....0 0011100111111 1—10 



Hamilton 1 (I II 0—1 



Froggett 1 1 1 1 n 1 1— U 



Head 11 110 01011010 1—7 



Puinlan---' 11 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— s 



Mumbaugh OOOOOIOIIOOUOOO— 1 



Miller 1 01010110 10010 1— S 



Boggans 1 1 1 1 1 



Buckktk Bow 



Onio-CT/wimnn«,Mty 11.— An Interesting glass ball match for the 

 championship of the Cincinnati Shooting aud Fishing Club took place 

 on th . above mat.. Messrs, Koch and Whetstone Bfto ting agalnBtilald- 

 well aud Disnev. * The celebrated BaieB A- Bauiu ruobu I 



-.■..,.■ n.-i-i i alls ie own 35 yards and from behind a screen. 



o. is yards ; numbBr of balls, B0 to the man. awio.11 

 present, "including many ladies, and the utmost enthusiasm was mani- 

 fested throughout. . Score : 

 W Caldwell.... 1 1 l 1 ) oi 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 



U 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 1-40 

 I.' T Disney.... 1 1 1 ti 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 i 1 •< 1 



110111110111110101101111 1-40—60 



3 H Whetstone.o oioiuillioiioiiioiili ill 



1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I) 1 1 '. 1 1 1 1 1—8) 

 H J Koch 1 tl 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 



1 1 1 1 (I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 41— 7S 



Shootino Tocunament.— A grand shooting tournament at glass balls 

 and target will be held at Pittabnrgh, Pa , commencing June 3, and 

 continuing during the month on each Tuesday aud Friday. Jlessrs. J. 

 Palmer O'Ueil & Co., under whose auspices the tournament is held, 

 and who are agents for Mole's rotating glass ball trap, oiler over *400 

 in 1 rlzes, the first being a W. & C. Scott & Sou gun, valued at ;2(i0, 

 for the highest score at 100 bails thrown from a Mole's rotating trap; 

 a P. Webley ,t Son gun will be given for the second best score; a 

 WlucheBter rifle will be given for the best score with a Winchester 

 ride at glass bails, and 1,000 Winchester cartridges for the second nest. 

 For target shooting the prizes are a Bctnington Creedmoor rifle ami a 

 sporting rifle by the same maker?, the shooting oommenolng 

 day, June 5. The shooting will be done ou the grounds of ihe Pitts- 

 burgh Exposition Society, which have been rented for the purpose, 

 Bach contestant will be allowed to make three seoiea— that is, it his 

 first score of 100 balls is not satisfactory, he will be allowed 10 try at a 

 second 100 ; and If this score does not please him, lie can try agalo, but 



rom the three scores he must select one. A charge ol five cents to 

 cover expenses will be made for each glass ball Bhot at, but there will 

 be no other entrance fee. circulars containing all Information can be 

 had by addressing Mesare. J. Palmer O'Neil & Do., Pittsburgh, Pa. 



Finis Gun.— If 11 person wants a realty /ir&t-zla&a ;/:«", wita the very 

 best ol implements and ease, complete, lie will do well to examine the 

 two fine outata now on exhibition at O. L. Kitamanii'a, 943 Bioadway, 



near Twenty -thtrdfBireet. duels a W. A c. So. 



qualitv, 12-bore, 30-luoh, \% ibe. «eb/iu: ttteoni oro;n ', 



C Sco'tt & Son, Premier quality, with two sets of barrels (in and .2. 



These twooutfJts are the finest and completes! tneee celebrated makers 



ever turned out, and the best mat oan be procured. Patterns with 



each gun. 



