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FOREST AMD STREAM. 



tiger. With the English sportsmen who use the rifle, the 

 "Express" is, at the present day, the swifi qua. non. If the 

 Winchester were hand made, so as to allow of different types, 

 and it were Btrong enough to stand the heavy charges of Uie 

 " Express," then it would he a wonderful weapon against 

 dangerous game. These " Express " cartridges are fn 

 to 4 inches long, which, I suppose, would be rather awkward 

 for the Winchester form of action. S. It. 



— A number of rifle scores are deferred to next issue. 



FISH IN SEASON IN JULY. 



FRESH WATER. SALT w»tj:r. 



Trout, Savelinus fanlinalis. Sea Bass, VcnlroyirinliA alrarius. 



Snlmon, salmo Salar. SheepstiHat), Archbsatgui probato- 



Salmon Trout, Halvio eanfinUi. cephahis. 



Lamt locfceu Sslniou, Satmogloveri. Striped Biia9, Rnccus linnmtu*. 

 Mnskalonge, Esox nobilior. While i erch, IMorone amcricana. 



Pile or PleKerel, Beox tucitw. W cakflsrt, Cynomon regalia. 



Yellow Perch, Ferca fiuvescena. Blnetisii Pvmalomv ultatrix 



Spanish Mackerel, Cybium macuta- 

 tum. 



Cero, Cybium regale. 



Boalto, Sarda pelamyt. 



Kmgflsh, Menticimui mbuloeve. 



TBOTJT SUES IN SEiSOK FOB JTJIA'. 



Little Egg, No. 12.— Body and feet of orange and yellow, mohair 

 and hare's ear mixed ; wingB, bright hyaline, slightly mottled ; 

 S8t», same aa wings. 



Lightning Hug, No. 10. — Body of equal parts of dark brown and 

 black mixed, tipped with yellow ; feet, of feathers from the Eng- 

 lish grouse ; wings, double, the inner wing black, the outer wing 

 a yellow brown. 



General Hooker, No. 9 — Body made of light yellow and green, 

 ringed alternately ; feet, red hackle ; wings, of the tail feathers 

 of the ruffed grouse. 



Little Glsret, No. 11.— Body and feet, dark claret mohair, slightly 

 tinged with blue ; wings, of the bittern or brown hen ; seta, dark 

 brown. 



Claret Fly, No. 9.— Body, dark olarot ; feet, black ; wings, of 

 the brown hen. 



Fetid Green, No. 10.— Body, feet and wings, a pale green. 



— A party of Lehigh Valley railroad officials go to Alex- 

 andria Bay for a fishing campaign. 



The. Whale Thkkshbr.— Last week we found displayed 

 at the stand of C. A. Lewis, 310 Washington Pish Market, 

 this city, a huge fish which is familiar enough to blubber- 

 hunters, but quite a curiosity to land lubbers. It was a 

 species of shark {Alopiaa culpa), or fox shark, commonly 

 known as the " whale thresher." The specimen on view was 

 14 feet long, and attracted a great deal of attention. It was 

 caught in a pound net at Woods' Hole, Mass., and killed by a 

 lance in the side. The creature is at once recognized by many 

 moBt Btriking peculiarities, chief of which is the wonderfully 

 long upper lobe of the tail, which is equal to the length of the 

 body from the tip of the snout to the base of the tail. It is 

 flat and in texture seems like a compound of whalebone and 

 gristle. The thresher uses it like a flail, and the hearty slaps 

 which he and his busy coterie give to the tormented and half- 

 crazed whale while in pursuit thereof sound like the reports 

 of muskets fired at a distance. These fish most always hunt 

 in company with swordfish, and while they leap high in air 

 and whack the whale's back to the right, left, and all over, the 

 swordfish punch and prod him from beneath, so that he is 

 kept constantly on the surface and there worried until he 

 finally succumbs and dies in an ensanguined pool of blood and 

 brine which covers the ocean for leagues. This strange corn- 

 bit and stranger alliance of two different fish against a 

 marine mammal has its counterpart on the great plains where 

 the coyotes and big timber wolves join in worrying and de- 

 stroying the huge bison which chanceB to be detached from 

 the main herd. The food of the thresher consists mostly of 

 small fish hke herrings. Its teeth are very small ; so that 

 it is evident that the object of his attack must be blood, and 

 not flesh, incited perhaps by a natural animosity. In color it 

 is a dark slate or blue black. 

 > Exobixent SALMON Sooees.— A New York city corres- 

 pondent sends the following excellent scores of three days' 

 fishing (really two) last month : 



Mr Editor : The following is my score angling in Canada. 

 If surpassed by any other person I will venture to say he was 

 a fatigued man and required no rocking that night, and a 

 spruce bough bed a luxury. 



June 22 —Anchored canoe on fishing ground 1:45 r. m., re- 

 t.i-neri to camp 7:30 p. m. with ten beauties, fresh run fish, 

 Sing tZ P . 40. 32, 23, 22, 25, 23. 32, 21, 20, 23-251 lbs. 

 or a salmon averaging 25 lbs. landed every 85 minutes, not a 

 leader or hook lost, and every fish hooked came to the gaff, 

 and one flv killed 7 salmon. The fly was thus composed : 

 Medium sized Limerick hook, body black mohair wound 

 with cold tinsel and dark hackle ; tail, topknot feather of 

 golden pheasant with a turn of red at root; wings, a small 

 portion of orange topped pheasant head feather, surmounted 

 with barred tail feather of same and small Gumea fowl hackle 

 wound round ihe head. I have always found this a killing 



%1^5-lTntTnu e ed with fair sport, 12, 24, 15, 25, 22, 20 



"~Juue 34— Wind N. E.; cold ; ther. 50. Salmon will not 

 rize to the fly under these circumstances. Broke camp and 

 returned home. " • 



New Hampshire— Second Connecticut Lake.— Fish Com- 

 missioner Saui'l Webber, who has been up to Second Lake 

 planting landlocked salmon fry, reports excellent trouting in 

 Wrat and Second Lakes, and later in the season there will be 

 grand sport with both rifle and rod. Mr Chester's camp is 

 Somfortable and clean; four bed-rooms with good beds. It is 

 an excellent place for a summer jaunt The route is vta 

 Calebrook, over a rough road. See our Fish Culture columns. 



New Hampshire— Crawford House, White Mountaim, 

 July 7.— Since last communication I have had great sport in 

 a small pond just below ihe hotel. I succeeded in landing 

 43 brook trout on Ihe 7th inst., several being of fine proper- 

 tions and taxing my utmost skill to secure. While enjoying 

 the ireEh morning air — 4 a. t£. on the 7th — I hooked what 

 must have proved a two-pound fish (nothing but trout in 

 said pond), but beiDg too eager to land the same, had the 

 mortification to see my hook tear out. I verily saw two 

 trout that must have weighed three pounds each. On the 

 9i h inst. L. W. Fairchild, whose exploits with the fly in the 

 Adirondaeks are so familiar to all, and myself, fished the 

 Saco below the Willy House, and brought to creel 161 trout. 

 Total catch thus far, about 500. A. J. Johnson. 



Pbom Camp Bakrt — Caavp Barry, 'near Mouth Missiquoi 

 IiiM/r. ffighyate-, Ft,, J"!y 7.— On the 2d inst. myself and 



better half, Mrs. , left "Wash Sargent's," Ilighgate 



Springs, Yt., in one of his light, but seaworthy, boats for a 

 week's cruise among the bays and creeks In the vicinity 

 where the Missisquoi River enters Lake Champlain. So far 

 we have had good sport, though at times the weather has 

 been a little rough. On the 4th we were caught near Mac- 

 quam Bay in a terrific blow, but our staunch little craft was 

 equal to the occasion, and we escaped with only a severe 

 drenching; more fortunate than a friend of ours, Dr. Sheerer, 

 of St. Albans, who, with a couple of friends, Messrs. Fonda 

 and Wilson, were caught in the same gale, which capsized 

 their boat. Messrs Fonda and Wilson were lost, and the 

 Doctor was only picked up after a battle of four and a half 

 hours with the waves, Our catch thus far has been pickerel, 

 dore, and the small-mouth black bass. The latter were 

 taken with a phantom minnow by tny "glide wife," who uses 

 my light salmon rod to catch with. These fish are very 

 gamey and die hard ; average weight, from two to three 



pounds. Saturday morning Mrs. hooked a maskinonge, 



who soon ended the fight by biting off the casting-line. We 

 leave en route for Sargent's this afternoon, and expect a 

 rough time, as it is, for this usually quiet Puritan lake, blow- 

 ing great guns outside. 



July 8. — We have arrived safely at Sargent's, though very 

 wet. Those who are fond of good bass fishing I would re- 

 commend them to visit this place. Sargent's boats are good, 

 and he is a good fellow, and knows all of the best fishing and 

 shooting grounds in this vicinity. I saw numerous broods 

 of wild ducks in the grass along the shores of the bays, 

 which bespeak good sport there after September 1 — that is 

 if the pot-hunters will not kill them off with their dogs in 

 August. I am informed that Nat Sheets and Herbert Donal- 

 son, of Hog Island, go into this nefarious business whole- 

 sale. Will the Vermont State game overseers please make a 

 note of thii ? And if once caught and punished it would 

 have good effect, and make the game laws more observed in 

 future. Stanstbad. 



Movements of the Fibhinq Fleet.— The leading inci- 

 dent of the fishery movements the past week has been the 

 large number of arrivals from Bank codfishing trips, 9 arrivals 

 having been reported with moderate fares, aggregating 400,- 

 OOOlbs. The number of Xlrand Bank arrivals has been 8, and 

 the receipts 270,0001b*. fresh haliout. The Georges fleet con- 

 tinue to meet with fair success. Thirty-five arrivals have 

 been reported since our last issue, bringing 650, OOOlbs. cod- 

 fish and 56,0001bs. halibut. The number of inshore arrivals 

 has been 9; receipts, 125,0001bs. codfish, The mackerel fish- 

 ermen continue hopeful, but have small success to report as 

 yet. The number of arrivals the past week has been 13, but 

 only 2 brought fares, amounting to 300bbls. Total number 

 of fishing arrivals for the week, 74; — Cape Ann Advertiser, 

 July 12. 



Busker Fishing.— The amount of bunkers brought in to 

 the Pecouie Works, Shelter Island, from June 30 to July 3, 

 was 164,500. The steamer Pecouie caught 153,000 in Long 

 Island Sound. The steamer Amaganset caught 550,000 in 

 two days of the preceding week off the south shore of Long 

 Island. We hear that the Eastern fishermen are all coming 

 this way again. The law in Maine does not allow bunkers 

 to be caught within three miles of the shore, and therefore 



hV.nSvtnnn t« 1 1 . n L^n^tni-n .tt.lti.rC lO ll 11 11 MnTl_ 



business in the Eastern waters is dull. 



McL. 



Michigan— East Saginaw, July 7.— Went up the Saginaw 

 River about sis miles yesterday. The fishing party consisted 

 Of. three ; two fished and one rowed the boat. Our catch 

 was 29 bass and 11 pickerel; weight of all, 102 pounds; 

 largest bass, 5 pounds ; largest pickerel, 8 pounds ; time of 

 fishing, about four hours. G. W. S. 



For Forest and Stream and Hod and Qun. 

 HOW TO AIM. 



MR. HORACE A. FORD, than whom no better archer 

 ever lived, has attempted in his book, now very rare, 

 called "Archery, Its Theory and Practice," to lay down a 

 rule for " sighting in " or aiming an arrow. But he does not 

 make himself well understood. That he intends to advise 

 sighting over the point of the arrow, .is plain, and it 1b equally 

 plain that he recommends keeping the direct vision on the 

 point of aim. It is very hard, however, to determine just 

 what his theory is with regard to when the aim is to he taken. 

 Whether "on the draw," over the point of the arrow at full 

 draw, or over the point of the arrow at three-fourths of the 

 draw. After studying his directions all together, and each 

 separately, I have concluded that he intends to lay down the 

 following rules, viz.: 



1 Raise the bow with the left hand, the arrow properly 

 knocked, meantime drawing the Btring with the right hand 

 and extending the left arm nearly straight. 



3 When the arrow is drawn about three-fourths up, or, 

 when the right wrist is about even with the chin, pause an in- 

 stant to lake aim over the arrow-point. 



3 In taking aim have the full length of the arrow directly 

 under the right eye. Keep both eyes open, the direct vision 

 nxed on the point of aim, the indirect vision on the arrow. 



4 As soon as the aim is accomplished, finish the draw 

 steadily, and loose instantly and smoothly by a continuous 

 backward motion of the right hand. „ 



1 have adopted this method of shooting, and think it tne 

 best possible in target practice, for the following reasons : 

 Because the aim is then taken while the muscles are not at the 



greatest strain, and because it does not endanger the bow like 

 pausing to take aim at the full draw. 



Some very fine archers take aim while at full draw. A 

 notable example iB Mr. John A. Bove, of the Wabash Merry 

 Bowmen, who also drops his right cheek upon his drawing 

 hand just before loosing. The flight of his arrows is beaut'- 

 fully smooth, but very high for the strength of his bow. He 

 shoots a perfect line, and is rapidly improving in keeping 

 length. 



Before adopting the theory embraced in the four rules 

 printed above, the archer must consider his nerve ; for if he 

 is inclined to shake he would better adopt the continuous 

 draw, fixing his aim quickly while in the act of loosing,' 

 This practice — which may be called Ford's — of aiming on a 

 partial draw, leads to one great defect, if care is not used, 

 which may be explained thus: Say you draw your arrow 

 up three-fourths of its length, and fix your point of aim over 

 the pile of the shaft. Now you finish your draw and loose; 

 but if that part of the draw made sfcer taking aim is not in 

 exact liDeal continuation of the former parr, your arrow will 

 obviously miss. This is the difficult, point to attain— viz , lo 

 pause a moment in the draw to take aim and ihen resume the 

 draw and finish it in the same line. Nothing but regular, 

 systematic, intelligent practice will serve your turn in accom- 

 plishing this nice feat. 



Do not attempt to use a heavy bow. The greatest archers 

 have come to grief by it. You will never make a first class 

 archer if you use a bow of much over fifty pounds, no matter 

 howpowerful a man you may be. To train for Strget-Bhoot- 

 ing requires the discharging of many arrows in succession, as 

 often as one has time to practice. The effect on nerves and 

 tendons is ruinous to perfect work if you have a heavy bow. 

 Mr. H. A. Ford, whose score of 1,440 at the double York 

 round has never been equaled, ruined his power of loosing 

 nicely by using a 56 or 57-pound bow, and so, finally, alter 

 holding the championship of England for near twenty years, 

 fell in the prime of life below mediocrity and retired' from 

 public shooting. It was lately stated that Major Fisher, who 

 succeeded Ford, has also injured his left arm by the 

 al use of overpowerful boss. Mr. 11. H. Palairet, present 

 champion of England, shoots a 46 or 49-pound bow. Fetor 

 Muir, the old master bowman of Scotland, in his palmiest days, 

 delighted in a 46-pound yew of his own make. I would em- 

 phasize the lesson of these examples by stating that I myself 

 am suffering from what I hope 13 only a temporary breakdown 

 in my "aiming and loosing " from having done three weeks 

 of hard shooting with a 57-pound bow. Will H. Thompsm 

 suffered in the same way during a part of last, May by using 

 the same weight of weapon. He is now scoring remarkably 

 well with a forty-nine pound how. 



Let me ask the archers of America if it is not a common 

 occurrence with each of them that, after making some fine 

 scores ono day, the next day the shooter is "all rattled and 

 off, and can do no satisfactory hitting? This will not happen 

 if a bow easily handled by the archer be used. He is a re- 

 markably constituted man who can do good, even shooting, 

 day after day with a bow heavier than 50 "pounds, and I think 

 I am safe in advising every American archer to choose a clear, 

 smooth-pulling bow at least rive pounds lighter than he is in- 

 clined to shoot, and in no case, however athletic the individ- 

 ual, to use a heavier than 55 pounds. Test, your strength 

 thus : Draw an arrow — twenty-eight inches long, of cnuree 

 —to the head on your bow, and see if you can hold it theie 

 a second with perfect ease. Then shoot six dozen arrows in 

 succession, each one fully drawn up, and if there be the 

 slightest uneasiness in the joints of your right hand fingers, 

 or in your left shoulder or arm, be sure your bow is not sale 

 for you. It is too heavy. Of course, a proper how will the 

 you; but there is an easily distinguished difference between 

 tiring the joints, tendons, etc., and .draining them. The for- 

 mer is natural, the latter is dangerous. 



The reason for makiDg observations like some of the above 

 in a paper on aiming may not at first plainly appear ; but the 

 merest tyro in archery will soon discover that (so nicely mutt 

 his physical and mental condition be adjusted in aiming and 

 loosing) his hitting depends upon about " four and 

 twenty things," each one of which, as Ford well 

 says, must be remembered and performed just the 

 same each time he shoots. This cannot lie done if 

 the shooter is overbowed. He must be able to command his 

 weapon with almost careless ease, or bis aim and loose will 

 have in them some obscure defect, almost undiscoverable, 

 which will cut his scores down discouragingly low. With a 

 snakewood bow, backed with hickory or lance, with a 

 drawing weight of 46 pounds, a good archer will easily 

 command all the ranges of the York juouud. 



Matjeiob Thompson. 



THE PACIFIC SLOPE TOURNAMENT. 



FOR the past two years much interest in archery has been 

 manifested in California, and during the season of 1878 

 several interesting matches at short ranges were shot between 

 the San Francisco and Oakland Clubs. So greatly has the 

 love for the pastime grown this year that a grand tournament 

 was held at San Francisco on the 20th and 21st of Juoe, open 

 to all archers of the Pacific Slope. There were many archers 

 and a large number of spectators in attendance, and altogether 

 the meeting was a success. The shooting was done at thirty, 

 forty, fifty, sixty and eighty yards, and the scoring was ex- 

 ceptionally fine for archers, the most expert of whom are only 

 beginning their second season. We suhjoin the scores as they 

 were furnished us, but we are sure there is one error in the 

 sixty yards championship shoot. Either the score of Mr. 

 Frank C. Havens of 202 with 30 arrows at 60 yards is wroDg, 

 by a mistake in the amount of his score, or 60 arrows instead 

 of SO must have been shot. There is probably no archer now 

 shooting who has ever scored 200 points with 30 arrows at 00 

 yards, Mr. Will H. Thompson's score of 193 heading the 

 achievement at that range with that number of arrows, though 

 two or three of the best English arcbers have within the 

 last twenty years shot a score as good, proportionately, with 

 24 arrows. Judging from Mr. Haven's scores at, 50 yards, we 

 conclude that the mistake has been made in the number of 

 arrows shot, CO instead of 30 being shot at 60 yards. 



Club match for a cup ; 30 arrows each at 30, 40 and 50 

 yards . 



Bow Club. 



80 yds. 40 yds. 60 yds. Tot'l. 



Frank Havens 206 173 109 488 



RJBush 163 123 111 399 



HBHavens 185 114 60 859 



CDHavenes 187 85 55 SOT 



A W Havens 153 5S 31 245 



Grand total -.1,798 



