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FOREST AND STREAM. 



may perhaps be learned from them, we copy the following 

 hints from the Calcutta sporting paper called the Asian. 

 The contributor says : 



'Co begin : I may as well state that the great secret of suc- 

 cess in night-shooting is to place one's-self as nearly as possible 

 one the same level with the "Janwar" one wants to shoot; and 

 1 need not remind " Jehu '' that shooting at tigers in this 

 position at night is extremely dangerous. Great caution 

 should be exercised, and after firing he should not even wink, 



I have used the following sight at night with great success: 



Make a small black silk button, as round as it can possibly 

 be made, and about the size of an average pea. To this round 

 button attach two black silk threads. Tie this on to the muz- 

 zle of the rifle, keeping the black silk button directly on the 

 head sight of the rifle. The sight is now complete for night- 

 shooting. 



With this sight, none of the back sights should be raised, 

 but the rifle used with all the back sights flush with the rib. 



Another important poiut to be observed is to keep the 

 moon to one's back ; but as this cannot be obtained through- 

 out the night during full moon, the shikaree should sit with 

 his back to the south and facing north, if possible. Even 

 When there is no moon, the sky clear and lighted by the stars 

 only, this black sight can be seen fairly well, but on such oc- 

 casions the " Janwars" can only be dimly discerned. 



Louisiana— Mon roe, June 18. — This is a beautiful country. 

 Kne hunting and fishing in this parish, Ouachita. Game, 

 deer, turkeys, ducks, squirrels, quail and snipe in great 

 abundance. "We have good snipe shooting within two miles 

 of town, and it last from four to five months. The country 

 is interspersed everywhere with marshes, ponds, lakes with 

 numerous bayous and creeks emptying into the Ouachita 

 Biver, and for duck shooting in the winter (mallard, canvas 

 back, teal and wood ducks) and fishing in the summer, there 

 is no country exceptf lower Louisiana, and like places, equal 

 to this. M. N. 0. 



"Rod, (ivs AMD Quill." — Editor Forest and Stream: 

 The editorial note in the last issue, headed " Rod and Gun 

 and Quill," was to the point. How much better than the 

 universally decried pot-hunting is such greedy butchery, 

 such savage desire to kill and wound, to destroy more than 

 anybody else? Such stories are too common, and too 

 seldom properly noticed ; of numberless trout caught, quail 

 shot in huddles, deer slaughtered beyond any possible use, 

 and not a word said in condemnation o£ the miserable busi- 

 ness. Of what use are close times or any possible attempts 

 at protection, when, men who call themselves sportsmen in- 

 dulge in such hoggishness, and are so far from feeling any 

 shame for it that they send accounts of it to the first sports- 

 man's paper in the land ! Awahsoose. 



Ferrisbwg, Vt., June 28. 



To Texas and Back. — -Editor Forest and Strto.in : 

 Through your courtesy in introducing me to Borne of your 

 prominent railway men, I have been enabled to undertake 

 with great comfort a railway journey of over four thousand 

 miles right through the States to San Antonio, Texas, and 

 back— all accomplished in less than three weeks. To say I 

 never enjoyed a trip more would fall far short of what I wish 

 to convey. None but those who have taken such a journey 

 can fully realize the boundless resources of your vast country, 

 or can appreciate the extraordinary development of its won- 

 derful wealth of land and unrivaled scenery. I was particu- 

 larly struck with the vast strides made of late years in the 

 Lone Star State. From Denisou to " Golden Gate," all the 

 way to San Antonio, the incessant relay of field after field of 

 corn and cotton, alternated with rich prairie pastures, was 

 simply amazing ; and then, after so many days' travel, to find 

 one's-self in that lovely sanatorium of the West, San Antonio, 

 with its verandahed houses esconsed in brilliant foliage, stud- 

 ded and dotted here and there around the wayward meander- 

 ings ^of its capricious, yet romantic, river ; red-birds, blue- 

 birds' and mocking-birds singing all around ; sweet doves in 

 countless hundreds, and young prairie chickens, gave an en- 

 chantment to the scene I never before experienced. True, 

 the weather was hot by day, but the delightful fresh breezes 

 from the Gulf, carrying ozone and fragrance from millions of 

 flowers, gave an extra vigor that more than compensated for 

 any relaxation experienced by day. Americans need not go 

 to Paris to die and be happy while such Edens as San Antonio 

 are. at home. ■). Cumming MacdonA. 



Nm York, July 1. 



Rust Preventive. — Editor forest and Stream: Much 

 has been writen lately in Forest and Stream of certain 

 substances to be used upon guns and other firearms as rust 

 preventives. I wish to add my own experience. I have re- 

 cently opened one of my guns, which I packed away more 

 than a year ago. At the time of putting it away I carefully 

 coated it inside and outside with Eaton's "Rust Preventer." 

 "When opened it was perfectly free from rust or discoloration 

 of any kind. Part of the time the gun was in a damp place 

 near the sea shore. This seems to me to be a good test of 

 the value of Eaton's preparation. I give the facts, not be- 

 cause I have any interest, either direct or indirect, in the 

 article mentioned, but becnuselwant to recommend a really 

 good thing to my brother sportsmen. But why will the gen- 

 tlemen who manufacture these things persist in such fright- 

 ful misuse of English as to call them "Preventers," " Pre- 

 ventatives," etc.? Against such misnomers I feel bound to 

 protest. Some one has proposed to mix mercury with cos- 

 moHne or vasseline. This would doubtless make an effective 

 rust preventive, but it would be open to the objection that 

 holds against the ordinary blue or mercurial ointment, 

 namely : it is dangerous to handle. I do not think that the 

 addition of the mercury would add much, if any, to the use- 

 fulness of either of the above substances. 0. B. 



Bethlehem, Pa. 



Remedy fob Poison Oak and Ivy,— Let me give you a 

 remedy for the effects of poison oak and ivy, which I have 

 found to be of the greatest value both upon my own person 

 and upon others. It is sulphate of zinc, 60 grains ; distilled 

 or rain water, 8 oz. This mixture may be applied four or 

 five times daily. It is not caustic, and so does not destroy 

 the tissue; hence it may be used with perfect safety. It 

 stings slightly when the vehicles arc broken, but 1 have 

 always found this sting a pleasant relief from the intolerable 

 smarting itch of the rhus itself. I have used in a rather ex- 

 tended experience acetate of lead, nitrate of potash, bicar- 

 bonate of potash, bichloride of mercury (this last is effectual, 

 but extremely dangerous), and grindelia robustai ; but not 

 one of them has been so uniformly sure and quick iu its ac- 

 tion as the sulphate of zinc. The fluid extract of grindelia. 

 diluted with four or five times its bulk of water, is a very 

 pleasant application for allaying the intolerable itching, but 

 its effects upon the poison itself is simply ;wY. 

 Bethlehem, Ph, 



Columbia Rifle Association Glass Ball Tournament. 

 —A glass ball tournament will be held on the grounds of the 

 Columbia Rifle Association, at "West End, N. J., on Saturday 

 next. Shooting will begin on arrival of train on Erie R. R., 

 leaving foot of Chambers street, N. Y„ at 10 o'clock a. m. 

 Five matches will be fought, as follows, open to all comers : 



First, twenty-five single balls — First prize, association gold 

 badge and 10 per cent, of entrance money. The badge to be 

 held by the winner for one month, and to become the perso- 

 nal property of the competitor winning it three times. Sec- 

 ond prize, 10 per cent, of entrance money ; third prize, 5 per 

 cent, of entrance money. 



Second, sweepstakes at twenty-five single balls,' entrance 

 fee $2— First prize, 50 per cent, of entrance money ; second 

 prize, 25 per cent. ; third prize, 10 per cent.; fourth prize, 5 

 per cent. 



Third, sweepstakes at ten pairs of double balls, entrance 

 fee $2— Entrance money divided as in No. 2. 



Fourth, classified sweepstakes at ten pairs double balls, en- 

 trance fee $2 — Entrance money divided as in No. 3. 



Fifth, classified sweepstakes at tweuty-five single balls, en- 

 trance fee $ 2— Entrance money divided as in No. 2. 



A Hatch glass ball trap will be given to the competitor 

 making the best aggregate in Nos. 3 and 4. A year's sub- 

 scription will be given to the best aggregate in all of the 

 above named matches. 



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A CAR FOR SPORTSMEN. 



The Pullman's Palace Car Company have just turned out 

 from their shops at Detroit, Mich., two cars designed es- 

 pecially for the use of parties of tourist sportsmen. The most 

 approved appurtenances have been adopted and the cars are 

 models of comfort and convenience. Both cars are essentially 

 the same, but fishermen will probably prefer the "Izaak "Wal- 

 ton," while gunners will take the "Davy Orooket." The dia- 

 gram given above will sufficiently explain the plan of the cars. 



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THE NEWARK GUN CLUB. 



Nhwahk, N. J., May 29, 1879. 

 EDITOB FOREST AND STEBAM : 



" Bayard," In Ills communication to a contemporary, appears to have 

 been quite pat out by an innocent letter 1 wrote to yonr paper. He 

 seems to nave the Idea that mine was an attack on the Wa-gun-has 

 Gnn Club, of Newark, and that it was entirely one-sided. Aa to the 

 absurdity ot the so-called puff I gave to Kay's Chips, he should pur- 

 chase some of those articles and try them to see whether the results 

 really are so absurd. In the flrat place, the chips are neither gotten up 

 by the old Eley wire cartridge nor copied from It. Messrs. Kay have 

 spent months of study and experiment in making their concentrators 

 all that, is claimed for them. Bley's cartridge acts on the distributing 

 principle of a sieve, while Kay's is upon the gradually expanding 

 principle, which latter has been found correct. I don't intend to enter 

 into any sotentiflc discussion as to why it is correct, but it is based 

 upon facts which can be proven to "Bayard" if he will pocket his 

 pride and pay a visit to Mr. Kay, who is chief of the " mob of shooters" 

 he so sneerlngly refers lo. 



as to the same "mob of shooters," the Newark Clnb: constant 

 failures of various shooting clubs having taught the "mob" that an 

 organization was almost alwayB the cause of grumbling and discontent. 

 The members have none of it, but Keep together by the purchase of 

 badges by subscription, and shooting for them from time to time. In 

 this way a party has been kept together for nearly four years. Any 

 one has the privilege of drawing his subscription at any time if dissat- 

 isfied, and the budge and traps— also subscribed for— are the entire 

 property owned by the " mob." The Ilurllngham Don Club did not 

 establish Buch a precedent when Bogardus went to meet them. He 

 waB received as a shooter, and hts social position was not called in 

 question when he laced the five traps with his aristocratic competitors. 



However Henley rules or not, the WagunhaB accepted, under »<"•- 



tain restrictions, the challenge extended to them by the " mob," but 

 the " worthless chips " stuck in their throat. The Newarkers did not 

 confine their antagonists to mnzzle-loaders and cylinder bores, but 

 they might shoot chokes of modern construction. It is well known 

 that the favorite gun of the " mob " 1b a cylinder borB of 10 gauge and 

 about nine pounds weight, experience having tanght that Bnch an arm 

 is available for all pnrposes, and most of the members are not well 

 enough off to own an armory from which a selection may be made. 

 The "mob," moreover, clalmB that tho "worthless" chips will make 

 cylinders shoot aa welt as choke bores are supposed to— see Kay's 

 advertisement—and the Wagunhas seem to have the same Idea, else if 

 they are as " wortlhess " as ■' Bayard " represents, why should they be 

 barred ? Besides, the " mob " are fully aware that nearly all guns faU 

 at the distance named— thirty yards rise— to properly kill good, faBt 

 birds, and that such shooting, instead of trying the skill of the 

 shooters, only resolveB the match into one of luck as to which side will 

 get the majority of slow Incomers. This restriction was something 

 the same as if it had been said : "We will toss np whether the birds 

 are fast or slow ; if fast, It will be equivalent to a miss, and vice uer«a, 

 and the party with the fewest fast birds will be Judged the winner." 



The Wagunhas may take comfort in the fact that at least three of 

 their members are also Integral parts of the " mob," and another 

 proviso of the acceptance of the " mob's " challenge was that no mem- 

 ber of the Wagunhas should shoot on the other side, quite a new Idea, 

 as it is generally conceded that when parties are members of two 

 clubs— even if one of them is a "mob "—they have the right to select 

 on which side they shall compete In case conclusions are tried between 

 them. As far as the "mob" being "doubled up like a Jack-knife,' 

 etc., it was simply thlB : Finding the Wagunhas did not like to meet 

 them because their gunB were loaded to kill, nothing more was said 

 on the subject. Side Lkvkr. 



It is due to " Side Lever " to state that his communication 

 has been inadvertently overlooked, otherwise it should have 

 appeared promptly upon its receipt. 



—See Bogardus' advertisement. 



PIGEON MATCHES. 



Send in Scores Early —To insure insertion in current 

 issues all scores should reach us Mondays or Tuesdays. Re- 

 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. 



Lodisviixb Qun OLub TouitKAMSNT.— The full scores of this well- 

 conducted tournament will appear in our next Issue. The shooting 

 was of excellent character, and the meeting a moat successful one. 



An Ohio Idea and a Good One.—" Buckeye Boy " writes j " Corres- 

 pondents, in reporting scores of matches in which Card rotary trap is 

 used, omit to mention notch at which spring Is set. As the force or 

 the spring makes a wreat difference In the shooting It would be well to 

 mention it." 



Maine— Topsham, June 26.— Riverside Club ; Card trap : 



G II Goad 1 1000000100010 0—4 



Fisher 00001011000 0—3 



Keyes 0000010100000 0—2 



Hall 1 0011010100000 0—5 



Knight 0000010000110 0—3 



AQGoud 0010100010110 0—5 



CGoud 1 0011010010110 0—7 



Greenleaf OOOltolOOOOOl 1—5 



W. A. H. 



Vermont— Manchester Gun Club.— First shoot at pigeons; was drat 

 experience of many participants ; H and T traps, Ave single bird", 21 

 yards rise, 80 yards boundary : 



G D Moore 11—2 01 Harmon 1 o 1—2 



HP Young 1 10 1 0—3 C \V Farmer I 1—2 



Dr Wheeler 0—0 C A Jackson 1 i o 1 1—4 



I A Moore 1 Oil 0— S HTobey o 1 1—2 



G H Hubbard 1 Oil 0— s O HuBe n i o 0—1 



Sleigh l 0101-3 JH wiiey i o o i 1-3 



L Simons Oil 1—3 J E Wilson 000 0—0 



E A Duvgln 10 0—1 D W C Parker 00001—1 



F J Drake 0—0 W H Vickery 1 10 0—2 



CJDarrah 110 11—4 Wm M Parsons 1011 1— 4 



The Doctor won shoot off. 



Lynn Sportsmen's Club— Lynn, Mass., June 28.— Keenlar weekly 

 shoot of the Lynn Sportsmen's Club ; Card's rotary trap, is yards rise : 



Lander 



Thompson.. 



Sargent 



Lewis 



Paine 



Roderick.. 



..1111110111111010010 1—15 



...11101001001111110 1 1—13 

 ..11111101111111001 11 0— IB 

 ..1110001111011111011 1—15 

 ...1 111110111110111011 0—16 

 .....1 111111011110 110111 1— IT 



Davis 101100001100111111 i_i2 



Mliliken 1 IIOOIOIOIOIOIIOOII 0—11 



B. E. N. 

 EelUvuc— The 3d meeting of the Raymond Sporting Club at pictur- 

 esque Beltevn : ■ ml feature of the day being 

 glass ball shooting, 30 balls, 10 Bogardaa, 10 double and 10 rotatory; 

 counted as one score per man. The first prize In the flrat clasB 1b a 

 gold badge ; In the second, a silver badge ; and In the third a silver 

 Badge. Entries close when the entry fees equal the value of the 

 badges. The result was as follows : 



First class. 



(Single 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—10 



BFSohoffer ^Double 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 8 



(Rotatory 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1—10—23 



(Single 1 11111111 l_10 



GB Blanchaid....-^ Double 1 1 1 1 1 1- 11 



(Rotatory 1 llllllll l—io— 26 



(Single... 1 llllllll i_io 



WB Wlthere"....^ Double 1 lioioilll— s 



(Rotatory 1 1 1 1 1 1—6—24 



(Single llllllll i_9 



WH Harrison..... - Douole 1 lOOOllllo— 6 



(Botatory 1 11010110 1— T— 22 



Second class. 



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1-7 

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DKlrkwOOd -^Double 1 1 



(Rotatory.. ...1 1 

 Third class. 



(Single 1 1 



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(Rotatory 1 



ALeONQtriN Gun Club— -Vet" York City, June 24.— Following is the 



score of the Algonquin Gun Club; fortnightly shoot, June 24 at 

 grounds, v7eehawken, New Jersey: 



Jaa Dnnaelth 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 ii_i,i 



JohnHHlll U 01 11 n 10 n 01 11 n 11-u 



ECBrenner 01 11 11 11 11 11 00 11 ot 11-in 



WmBurns.MD 11 10 "1 01 11 11 11 11 01 11—16 



ThosLoughry 11 01 01 01 11 11 11 01 11 01—15 



LontsBrenner 10 11 10 11 00 ol 11 00 11 11-13 



WmMcC&oe 10 10 10 11 01 11 n oo 01 10-12 



Geo Williams 00 10 01 11 01 01 10 m 



David Simpson 10 10 10 11 01 (11 m n 00—8 



GeoJSauj 00 10 00 00 10 00 ro 00 00 00—2 



Jaa Dunseith took the prize, valued at $25, having won it three 

 times. 



Mystic Glass Ball CiMB—Somerrillc, Mats., June 26,— Card's re. 

 volving trap, 21 yards rise : 



EL Johnson .1 lilllllllllii i_ 15 



Ctias Ellsworth 1 llllllOllliii i_ u 



WMullay « » 1 H 01111101 1-10 



FWoodbridge 1 1 1 1 1 n 1 1 1 1 i_ i„ 



- Gellett 1 1110 110 1 om 1 1 i j_ 12 



r-|Harras 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-18 



