FOREST AND STREAM. 



373 



Total. 



•is— a 



■Y/.-5't 

 •11—43 

 6—38 



* — 81 5 



WH Jackson 86 GL Morse 



E A Ferry 98 A Mclnnesa 



800, 900 aud 1,000 yards; open to all coiners; ] 

 any; weapon, any military rifle: 



800 yds. fiouyds. 1,000 yds. 



E A Leopold. . .s n a a 5 5 a— n » u n s 3 0—15 3202404- 

 J Maliery....S 3 6 S S 4-S5 4 3 6 3— 14 2 5 3 8— 

 J W y angam. ,222 2 n :; 4 -15 3 s is d o-ib i Q 3 • - 

 C H Eagle •! J 2 2-12 4 5 5 3 3—20 2 K R 4— 



A. M. Miller, 17 16 0-33; "W. H. JacksoD, 18 13 

 T. J. Donaldson, 25 2—37. 



> » • » 



THE RIFLE IN THE SOUTH. 



A special effort iB making to secure a liberal representation of 

 riflemen at the great Southern shooting match to be held at 

 Savannah, Ga.,\luly 8 and 4, under the management of the 

 German Volunteers. Every arrangement has been made to 

 secure the best comfort of contestants, and there are promises 

 of a great gathering of teams from the various States on the 

 Gult and coast. The German Volunteers is an organization of 

 standing in Savannah, and in extending the invitation to the 

 military and rifle teams of the States to meet in Savannah 

 they give assurance that the contests will be conducted in 

 strict" accordance -with the N. K. A. rules, and that every- 

 thing will be done to make their visitors' stay pleasant and 

 agreeable. Savannah, the "Forest City," is very attractive, 

 even in July, and affords various sources of enjoyment. Its 

 summer resorts— Tybee, Isle of Hope, Thunderbolt and other 

 pleasant places offer a varied round of sight-seeing and pleas- 

 ure. 



The Schuetzcn Park, where the contest takes place, is lo- 

 cated three and a half miles from Savannah, with which it is 

 connected by cars and is situated on a high bluff overlooking 

 a broad river. Oaks furnish a delightful shelter and shade 

 for the riflemen, and it is said to be the finest place of the kind 

 in the Union. All awards will be payable in gold, and as a 

 good many teams are expected to enter, the list of entries will 

 be closed on the 26th of June— ODe week before the contest. 



This tournament would prove an excellent opportunity for 

 a few Northern teams to participate in a friendly match 

 across the line. The "Atlantic Coast Line" steamers liave 

 first-class accommodation for reaching Savannah from New 

 York, and the trip at that time of the year is a most delight- 

 ful one. Boston should send a team, and in no way could a 

 more genial spirit be engendered between Northern and 

 Southern riflemen than in the appearance of a team from New 

 York or Boston at Savannah to celebrate the National holiday 

 there. The visit of the New Orleans riflemen to Creedmoor 

 has never been returned, and this is an admirable opportunity 

 for a complimentary payment of the debt. The following is 

 a summary of the matches : 



I} . 1 — Open to all military teams consisting of nine men. 

 Entrance fee, one dollar each man. Bounds, five. 200 yards. 

 The winning team to receive ninety per cent, of entrance 

 fees. 



]$r a 2— Open to all military teams consisting of seven men. 

 Entrance fee, one dollar each man. Rounds, five. 200 yards. 

 The winning team to receive ninety per cent, of entrance 

 fees. 



No. 3— Open to all military teams consisting of five men. 

 Bounds, ten. Entrance fee, two dollars each man. 200 yards. 

 The winning team to receive ninety per cenl. of entrance 

 fees. 



The prizes of the above matches will be payable in gold. 

 Contestants must be bona fide members of the organizations 

 they represent, and also wear the uniform (or fatigue) of the 

 same. Position, standing; shooting, off-hand. Weapon, 

 any military rifle, open sight, minimum pull of trigger, sis 

 pounds. The Creedmoor targets to be used. 



No. 4— Open to all military and rifle teams consisting of 

 five men. Entrance fee, one dollar and fifty cents per man. 

 Distance, 300 yards. Bounds, five. Position, standing. 

 Weapon, any military rifle, open sight. Pull of trigger, six 

 pounds. Contestants must be bona fide members of the or- 

 ganizations they represent. The winning team to receive 

 ninety per cent, of ail entrance fees. 



No. 5— Open to all military and rifle teams consisting of 

 three men. Entrance fee, five dollars each man. Bounds, 

 five. Distance, 500 yards. Position, any, with head toward 

 target. No artificial rest. Weapon, any rifle, without re- 

 gard to sight or pull of trigger. Contestants must be bona 

 fide members of the corps' they represent. Teams to be 

 dressed at will. The winning team to receive all entrance 

 fees. 



There will be other matches under various conditions, in- 

 cluding cansolation prizes, a man-target and a bull's-eye 

 target. The whole event promises to be the biggest affair of 

 its kind ever held in the South, and already assurances of a 

 number of teams have been received from five StateB. 



§Htn$ §ag and §mu 



JUNE IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. 



SHOi-Gra FiEKWOKits. — Capt. Bogardus, the champion 

 wing-shot, has been making arrangements to bring out a new 

 idea in shot-gun use. He has patented a new pyrotechnic 

 cartridge in which the shell above the powder is filled with a 

 heavy wad, over which is placed a colored fire composition, 

 similar to that used in Boman candles and other aerial fire- 

 works. At an expense of a few cents the Captain promises 

 to produce a piece of pyrotechny which will be as effectual as 

 a Boman candle costing half a dollar or more. The cartridges 

 are adapted for cylinder or choke-bore guns, and within 

 two seconds of the firing into the air at a height of 200 feet 

 the upper portion of the cartridge breaks into a shower of 

 stars, chasers or fire as arranged. The Captain claims that on 

 gala nights he can with the utmost safety keep the air full of 

 brilliant blaze, and on the night of July 4 Coney Island is to 

 be thus deluged with patriotic fire. 



New isnsis.Y—Bordentomi,, June 9.— A new shooting club 

 has just been organized here under the title of the " Cranmer 

 ShootiugClub,'' of Bordeutown. N. J., with the followlnc 

 list of officers: Fred. G. Wiese, President; Capt, N. L. 

 Cranmer, V r ice-President ; Dr. \V. H, 1 Milliard, Treasurer; 

 Edw. A. Taylor, Secretary. S. 



Pennsylvania— TUusville, June 4.— While standing on the 

 corner of Spring and Martin streets one evening last week I 



heard the telegraph wires rattle above my head, when to the 

 ground came a fine large woodcock, dead as a stone, the 

 upper part of its head crushed in by the wire. Pheasants and 

 woodcock plenty this spring. G. H. W. 



IsviAXA—FayettviUe, June 1.— Chickens and quail frozen 

 some, but fair breeding stock left yet. Wilson snipe not 

 plenty for this spring ; bags did not run larger than 20 to 35. 

 On three different days bagged 23, 26 and 27, with a few 

 golden plover. J. A. 



Dakota— Fori Berthold Indian Agency, Fort Betluold, 

 May 31.— Game round here quite plenty, but the Indians here 

 have scarcely any ammunition to kill it with. Looking for 

 your paper. J. E. McE. 



Cabrier Pigeons Shot.— Hoboken, May 3 —Editor For- 

 est and Stream: It is provoking that so many of our exhaust- 

 ed carrier pigeon's are always shot when they are near home 

 after having flown several hundred miles without rest orfood. 

 A gentleman brought me yesterday the wings of two of my 

 carriers marked with my name and address that a party shot 

 near the Newark Bay while hunting for snipe. This is the 

 fourth of my birds which has been shot since three weeks. One 

 of these killed is not worth picking up, while if returned 

 alive the sender is always liberally rewarded by the owner. 

 Ls. Waefblakk. 



We have previously called attention to this abuse. The 

 gentlemen who fly carrier pigeons certainly have some rights 

 which gunners are bound to respect. The trouble is that 

 many men who go out armed blaze away at every moving 

 thing, no matter what it ir. Such fellows have no business 

 with a gun anyway. We suggest as a sensible move that the 

 pigeon fliers have their birds protected by a special clause in 

 the game law ; make the penalty proportionate to the value 

 of the birds and bring a few of these gunning rascals to justice. 

 We shall be happy to aid in this work. 



Loading DnxMiK Powder — Montreal, May B0. — Tn reply 

 to your correspondent, "M. B.," of 7th inst, I will explain 

 my method of loading with the Dittmar powder. Thus far 

 I have used only the'B brand of this powder, and am cjuite 

 satisfied with the result. I had a loading-board made (after 

 the manner described in a former number of your paper), 

 capable of holding 50 shells. This I fill with Eley's brown 

 paper shells No. 12, and for duck shooting in November, load 

 with 4 drams (Dixon's measure), putting two of Eley's 

 chemically prepared wads over the powder, pressed down 

 firmly, lrj-oz. No. 6 chilled shot, and thin card wad over shot, 

 with the shell turned down tight over the wad. I never use 

 a paper shell but once, as I find the edges get so softened the 

 first time that they will not turn down light enough to con- 

 fine the charge properly, and unless the Dittmar powder is 

 tightly confined, it will not give the desired result. I use 

 shells loaded both with No. 6 and No. 4 shot, using the former 

 in the right barrel and the latter in the left. My gun is a 

 Parker, 12-gauge, 7 Jibs., modified choke, and a very close, 

 hard shooter, and I would not exchange it for any other make 

 of gun I have seen of equal value. In September last, on 

 wood duck and teal, I used 3| drams Dittmar and l£oz. No. 

 6 chilled shot, and for snipe and plover, 3 drams powder and 

 loz. No. 10 shot. I da not pretend to be a crack shot or set 

 myself up as an authority on shooting matters, but merely 

 give my own experience in the use of the Dittmar powder. " 



Wood Duck. 



Pahkeb Penetration. — Editor Forest and Stream ; Last 

 week I had the pleasure of looking over some targets made 

 by Capt. J. S. Dame with his new No. 10 Parker gun. He 

 used the Falcon powder and Tatham's chilled shot. The tar- 

 gets were six in number, and were of three sizes, 24, 18 and 

 12 inches. Distance fired, 40 yards. No. 1 target, 24ra. di- 

 ameter, 1 Joz. No. 8 shot, received 289 pellets ; No. 2 target, 

 24in. diameter, l^oz. No. 8 shot, received 326 pellets ; No. 3 

 target, 24in. diameter, l^oz. No. 8 shot, receive'd 317 pellets ; 

 No. 4 target, 18in. diameter, If oz. No. 7 shot received 435 

 pellets ; No. 6 target, 12in. diameter, 1 joz. No. 8 shot, re- 

 ceived 115 pellets. TheBe targets were made in public and all 

 in one day, and are not selected from a large number, but are 

 all that were made. We think this is very good shooting— a 

 little better than the average. W. A. G. 



Dover, K H. , May 26, 1879. 



Pattern— Allstm, Mass., May 20.— Your issue of April 10 

 contained a paragraph from Mr. J, T. Ward, of Cambridge, 

 in regard to close-shooting 12-gauge guns. I have a 10-gauge 

 gun made by Chas. H. Eutebrouk, 27 Dock Square, Boston, 

 cost $150. The barrels are of fine Damascus, 30in. long, 

 and the whole gun weighs 9|lbs. Have made the following 

 patterns at public trials, with 4i drams Laflm & Band orange 

 rifle powder F. G., using Leroy's patent wind-drop shot. I 

 UBed by actual count 473 pellets of No. 8 shot, equal to 1£ oz. 

 insido of 30-in. circle at 40 yards distance : Left barrel — 

 No. 1 target, 411 pellets ; No. 2 target, 427 pellets. Bight 

 barrel— No. 3 target, 397 pellets ; No. 4 target, 385 pellets; 

 209 pellets, or 1 oz. No. 6 shot, with 4 drams powder, left 

 barrel 193, right barrel 185. Also used No. 1 shot, 75 pellets 

 to the charge, with 5 drams powder, 49 pellets within 30-in. 

 circle at 65 yards. On its first trial with 1^ oz. of Leroy's 

 No. 9 shot, Dixon's measure, and 4i drams dead-shot pow- 

 der, F. G., my gun gave a pattern in a 30-in. circle at 40 yds. 

 distance, of left barrel 510, right barrel 470. I have broken 

 glass balls at 75 yds. with No. 9 shot, balls resting on stake. 

 I should like to hear from some 10-gauge guns that can beat 

 mine. W. H. Haeeison. 



Danger in Loading.— It has been said that there is no 

 danger of shells exploding if placed on a block with a cavity 

 under the cap. I do not agree with this, for I know there is 

 danger without having the Bhell on anything. My brother, 

 while loading Eley Bros', brown shells No. 12, happened to 

 use a No. 10 wad ; it swelled the shell so he could not pull it 

 out of the tube. He then tried to drive it out, holding the 

 tube in one hand and hitting the rammer with the other hand. 

 After hitting it a few times it exploded. It cut his hand 

 badly, but as the tube was of German silver and very tough 

 metal it did not fly to pieces. 1 stood beside him and I am 

 positive that the cap did not touch anything. I think it was 

 caused by the cap being in very tight and the anvil looso, and 

 the powder (coarse giained) driving the anvil against the ful- 

 minate caused it to explode, O. F. 



A DEER CHASE IN TEXAS. 



F6«! Clabk, Texas, April 55, 1879. 

 Editob Forest ano Stream ! 



We have, within s lew mllea ot thla post, a very varied assortment 

 of game: Panther, wild oat, blact bear, fleer, antelope, two Kinds or 



rabbits, wild turkey, geese, ducks, quail, plover and antpe ; we And 

 bass, percb, catflsb, buffalo, and numerous others. We are frequently 

 permitted to go out lor a hunt for from six to eight daja' duration, and 

 hardly ever fail to come back loaded ; but we moro often go out tor 

 but one day. 



Recently tour of us left the post, mounted for a day's sport— ou 

 arms, the cavalry carbine. After having ridden about six miles we es- 

 pied tnree deer grazing about a half mile distant. One of our party 

 instantly dismounted, and crawled up within a hundred yards of 

 a fine buck, which none of us had seen ; rose slowly to get a good sight 

 on him, and tired, missing the buck, who bounded off across ihe 

 prairie. Tom returned crestfallen, and mounting his horse, rode on in 

 silence. I, desiring to hunt alone, quit the party, Btrlkmg off in the di- 

 rection I had seen the buck running. I rode very leisurely about 

 a mile, when, seeing four deer Just disappearing over a low prairie 

 Tidge, I gave King the rein, and started after them. He, nothing loth, 

 went into the sport with a vim, but knowing it might bo a long rare, 

 and "a stern chase is always a long one," I kept him well in hand, 

 when, rising the ridge and looking over, I saw my four deer jogging 

 along quietly about Ave hundred yardHaway, aud going toward a clamp 

 of chapparel.. Waiting uutil they had got well Into the brue h, I gave 

 King his head, and away we went at a good pace. Still saving my horso 

 for a rush, we closed rapidly on the clump, and skirting it 10 the right 

 so I could conveniently lire, I saw seven deer in my front, goiog over 

 the ground with enormous leaps. They turned out for nothing, and 

 as the country was now pretty level and covered with a short growth, 

 of laurel and cactus, It was a beautiful sight aa they took their leape, 

 something to make a man'B heart bound and his nerves thrill with 

 pleasure. I believe my good horse -nlly appreciated the delight his 

 rider experienced. I could feel him quiver and thrill at every bound, 

 as with ears laid back and nock stretched out, aad pulling at the bit 

 lightly, he stretched out with long, sweeping galop, gradually but aurcly 

 closing on the game. The herd had now increased to a d'V.en. 

 I selected a largo buck, and urging my horse for the first time, I gained 

 rapidly until the buck began to lose ground, laboring heavily, even 

 lurtMug in his course to look at his pursuers for an instant. At these 

 times hi3 appearance was grand. These pauses gave me an advantage, 

 and speaking to my horse, 1 urged him to fresh efforts. He answered 

 with his best speed. Faster and faster we flew over the ground, every- 

 thing else forgot' en in the excitement of the chase aud the exhilarating 

 motion of a fast horse at full speed. All this time I could see that the 

 buck was getting heavier at every leap, avoiding a bush now that 

 before he could clear at a bound. My ieart throbbed, my blood was 

 pnlslng through my veins like Ore ; all the brute instincts ol man 

 to slay aroused In me, I thought only of closing with the quarry. At 

 last, and apparently with a view of showing fight, the buck turned 

 once more, and with lowered head awaited me. On we came, my car- 

 bine In readiness over the left forearm, and, swerving rapidly to the 

 right, passed the buck, giving him its contents as I went by. Dis- 

 inountiijg from my panting and jaded horse, I turned htmloone, and 

 advanced cautiously, throwing a cartridge iuto the chamber of ray 

 piece. The buck was not quite dead, so I gave him a shot In ihe head 

 to flcl-.h him. My comrades, hearing my shots, had ridden over, and 

 now joined me ; and packing our game, we returned to the post. 



t. n. p. 



— Bee Bogardus' advertisement. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



Send in Scores Earlt. — To insure insertion in current 

 issues all scores should reach us Mondays or Tuesday?. Be- 

 ports should therefore be mailed upon the same day the 

 matches are shot. Promptness on the part of correspondents 

 will materially enhance the proper record of field contests. 



New HAMrsniEK— Manchester.— Aremorial Day ; scores of Manchester 

 Shooting Club ; IS yards, Card's rotating tiap: 



O Greeley 1 00100100 X-& 



F J Drake 1 1110 10 1—8 



WHVlckery 1 01000001 0—3 



OHuse U 00010110 1—4 



EPSherburne 1 1—2 



" .1 I 1 '.;' 1 :■.'.! - ' I 1 '■* L " i « 'J 1/ 0— \i 



L Hautoon 1 01001001 1—5 



AJsokson l ooiiioii l— t 



I'LlUrraon 01110011 0— s 



Moses Wddleigh 1 1110 0-4 



Second match, 10 balls each : Greeley, 3 ; Drake, 5 ; Vickory, 4 ; 

 Huse, a ; Sherburne, 4 ; Darrah, 6 ; Huntoon, o ; Jackson, 10 ; Harmon, 

 S; Wadleigh, b; Tobey, 5: 



Double halls. 



JaokBon 11 10 10 10 10-0 Darrah 10 11 00 10 10—5 



ToVey 11 10 01 10 00—5 Harmon 10 loiilo 10-6 



Drake 11 111110 11—9 Wheeler 010110 10 10—5 



Wadleigh 10 11 01 10 10-6 



Jackson and Harmon then chose sides of six men each, 10 balls 

 ner man ; lied ou B9 each. Jackson's side winning a second match 

 with a score of IT to 14 out of a possible 30 : 



Maine— Bath, June 9.— Our association shot from a Card revolving 

 trap, Bogardus rules, which you omitted to state, thereby doing us m- 

 e, we thiuk. From a stationary trap It wouldn't be much of a 

 score. G. 15. R. 



Nsw Haven Gun Ci,nB.— Matches at opening of new clnb grounds 

 on West Chapel street. The appurtenances are all of thelatettand 

 most approved style, aud the club Is in a most promising condition, 

 scores: 



First sweepstakes. 



Jorev 1 11111111 1-10 Colvin 1 011101111-8 



Folsoin 1 111011111—9 



Second. 



jorey 1 1 1 l 11 1 1 1—9 Colvin 11 1 1 1 l o 1 0— T 



Hanbon 1 11110 110 1—8 



Third. 



Beers 1 10 1111111—0 Folaom 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— r 



Colvin 11 lliooill-a Fulton 11 1 001 1 1 I n-T 



Hanson 1 1 1 t 1 1 1-7 



Fourth. 



porter 1 11101110 1—8 Joe 01110101 l— 6 



Watcrhouse. l 1 o o l l 1 l 1— 7 



Fifth. 



Armstrong ..1 1110 10 11 1— s Strong. o l 1 1 1 l l o o 0-6 



Post 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— T 



Sixth. 



GUnes 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—8 Armstrong ..011011110 1— T 



Post 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—3 



NbwHavhn vs. P.b/.ufokij.— The glass hall match between the New 

 Havsn Gun Olno and Beauford Glass Bail Ciub cumc off ou ik? lauer'a 

 around, June?. The w> atber was flue. Major Stetson, captain of 

 the N. H. C. a, and Dr. Qalrfc, captain of the Beauford G. B. Club, 



'iinl hiiu'-rm-r-UMeil Mis sti'iorln;;'. Aftei the match the Beau- 



I, .rri t lull invited the visiting club to the Totoket House, wiiero their 

 guesta were emertalneu la handsome shape : 

 Beauford. 



SM Bryan 1 110 111111111110 110 1— IT 



Hatch 1 1110 10101130010111 1—14 



Woootoek 1 10 10 1111110 10 11 0-12 



Tiiumnshlre 11111010100111 110 i l— 14 



Blrk 1000 1001110 I 0110 — 8 



WBrvau 1 100111111001111111 0—15 



NfittK-ier 1 110 11110001010010 1-11 



Bradley 101110000 010 oil oil 1—10 



Stcdman. 1 1 1 1 » 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—1 a 



Sheuien I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 i_ « 



Bm'ke 000000000001 01 1 1 1 0- 5-130 



