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Bowing Events to Come.— The two great rowing events 

 next in order are the regattas of the Saratoga Rowing As- 

 sociation, to be held on the 24th, 25th, and 26th of this 

 month, and that of the National Association of Amateur 

 Oarsmen, which is fixed for the 13th inst. and 1st of Sep- 

 tember over the Troy course. The latter organization will 

 hold its fourth convention in the rooms of the Young 

 Men's Christian Association at Troy, N. Y. on the 31st 

 inst. at 10 A. M., when the advisability of holding two 

 regattas next year, and also the position of the Association 

 with regard to the Centennial regatta will be discussed. 

 At Saratoga the list of entries is not expected to be as large 

 as that of last year, and it will be suggested to the commit- 

 tee to make the races straightaway instead of with a turn 

 as heretofore. 



A number of crack fours are in training for both events, 

 including the Beaverwycks of Albany, the Argonautas of 

 Bergen Point, the Neptune Club of Staten Island, and the 

 Atalantas of this fcity. The two last mentioned crews wiil 

 be particularly strong this year, as the Neptunes include 

 two of the winning Cornell University crew, Ostrom, 

 stroke, and C. C. King, who rowed No. 5, while the At- 

 alanta crew will be comprised entirely of college men, W. 

 H. Downs, H. W. Rogers and J. A. Eustis, of Weslyan, 

 and John Gunster, of Williams. Among the other crews 

 expected to compete will be one from the Pilot Rowing 

 Club of Chicago, and others from Buffalo, the Potomac 

 Boat Club of Georgetown, the Duquesne crew from Pitts- 

 burg, and the Mutual Club of Albany. 



At the Troy regatta the races will be the same as those 

 of last year, viz: single sculls, double sculls, pair-oared 

 shells and four-oared shells, and in addition to the chal- 

 lenge and individual prizes, a handsomely embroidered silk 

 banner will be given to each club whose representatives 

 shall be winners. 



A Good Move. — In view of the constant destruction of 

 fish in Bristol county, Massachusetts, by means of nets, 

 trawls, and other devices, contrary to the laws of the 

 State, and the necessity for increased effort and more sum- 

 mary means on the part of those who are pledged to sus- 

 tain the law, the protective society known as the "New 

 Bedford Sportsmen's Association," has sent out -invitations 

 to all interested in seeing the game laws enforced, to join 

 the society. In Fall River they obtained the names of 

 seventy-seven of the most prominent citizens in a brief 

 time. A correspondent assures us that the enthusiasm is 

 so great that all who meet him on the street present their 

 names for membership, aud he believes that they could 

 have 1,000 in the club. He adds, "If too many hand in 

 their names, instead of joining the New Bedford club 

 we shall be obliged to have a separate organization, of 

 course co-operating entirely with them." This society 

 evidently means business, and no doubt the influence it 

 will exert will extend far beyond its immediate sphere of 

 action. It has already been instrumental in prosecuting 

 and fining offenders against the law. If the example thus 

 set could be generally followed, an end would be soon put 

 to mischief. 



— Tne Philadelphia Sportsmen's Club have recently pur- 

 chased an eligible plot of ground of thirteen acres, about 

 ten miles below that city, whereon they are about to erect 

 a handsome club house, where their future social meetings 

 will be held, and where their famous planked shad dinners 

 and marsh rabbit suppers will be gotten up. Uncle Dan 

 Wells,.the proprietor of a kind of sportsman's headquarters 

 in the vicinity of the club house, is one of the originators 

 of those marsh rabbit suppers, so called. Before we had 

 the pleasure of knowing and shooting with uncle Dan, 

 marsh rabbits were call muskrats. But now, those animals, 

 when gotten up under the auspices of our friend Dan under 

 the name and style of marsh rabbits, make a delicious re- 

 past. 



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— One of our correspondents complains of the roughness 

 of the Magnetewan country. It is rough, we admit, but 

 we have taken a delicate woman over roads far rougher. 

 A thoroughbred sportsman accepts without a murmur the 

 vicissitudes of his chosen life as they occur; those who 

 can't endure heat, cold, and storm, and an empty larder, 

 should content themselve with shooting hand-fed pigeons 

 from a trap. 'We retract nothing that has been printed in 

 these columns respecting the value of the Magnetewan as 

 a, deer and trout country . 



—An "association," as the name goes, have bought the 

 island lying between Old Inlet and New Inlet, in Little 

 Egg Harbor, known as Short Beach, where a town has 

 already been laid out in squares, and christened Ocean 

 City. 



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To Exchanges.— Our list of exchange newsp apers ha 

 become so unwieldy, burdensome, and expensive, that we 

 are obliged to prune closely. We retain but a few of es- 

 pecial service to us. 



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—The following books can be had from this officer- 

 Manning's "Yachting Annual," Commodore's "Signal 

 Book," Vauderdecker's "Yacht Sailor." Hunt's "Uni- 

 versal Yacht List." 



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—Only dogs not properly cared for have fleas. Coastan t 

 washing with common soap will l^eep them free, , 



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CREEDMOOR. 



The second contest for the new challenge badge presented 

 by the Turf, Meld and Farm Association occurred on 

 Saturday last. There were sixty-eight entries for the 

 match, including an unusual large number of national 

 guardsmen. One of these, Corporal T. W. Linton, of Co. 

 B, Seventh Regiment, was the winner by a score of 44 out 

 of a possible 50. The weather was fair, a gentle wind 

 blowing down the range. The conditions of the match 

 were, any rifle; two sighting and ten scoring shots at 200 

 yards; position, standing. Mr. W. B. Farwell was the 

 last winner. The total scores were as follows: — 



Names. Total. 



T. W. Linton 44 



W.J. Oliver 41 



J. P. Burrell 41 



W. A French 40 



W. C. Eeddy 40[F. Hyde. 



E. H. Madison .39 " 



J. K. Perley 39 



J. L. Price 39 



R. Rathbone 39 



J. A. Gee 39 



F. E. Scrymser 3!) 



B. Burton 38 



A. A. Van Hnsen 38 



Name. Total. 



L. Cass 35 



Samuel. Hersey 35 



G. H. Pettir,* 35 



J. T. B. Collins 35 



.34 



John Beattie 34 



F. II. Holton ?A 



A. L. Farley 34 



Samuel Schwartz 34 



W Li ndsay 34 



Thomas Lloyd . . . . .31 



J E. McEvvan 34 



J. C. A hrams 33 



B. E. Valentine 38|T. V. Smith....; 33 



W. B. Farwell ;jS| Isaac L. Allen 32 



L. H. Greve 37, J. G. Story 3d 



W. C. Clark 37!C. E PresKJOtt 32 



G. J). Scott 37 E. Brown.? 31 



J. Le Boutillier 37 



D C. Pinney 37 



C. E. Huntington 37 _. 



C. K. Valentine 37| J. E. Irwin. 



F. F..Millen 37|C. A. Coffin. 



C. F. Robbing 37 



J. P. M. Richards 37 



F. Steele 36 



H. Tolley. 36 



O. E. Bryant 31 



W. Herdt 30 



J. Siiand 30 



2<) 

 29 



T. (J. Noone 28 



W. J. Douglas a8 



\. P. Clarke 27 



G.D. Volk 27 



R. C. Ward 36 i W. W~. Beaven. ..........:....... .25 



Joseph K. Barlow 36! W\ H Mu rfey 25 



D. Deacon. 36 



T. D. Camerden 36 



J. W. Gardner , . . .36 



Joseph Ross 35 



J.J. CTKelly 35 



J I. C. Clarke 22 



C. E. Truslow 14 



J. F. Luther K3 



J . P Kenworthy 12 



H. Fisher tj 



The ranges during the week have been devoted exten- 

 sively to National Guard practice, principally by detach- 

 ments from the Eleventh and Fifth Brigades of Brooklyn. 

 On Thursday, portions of the Twenty third, Thirty-second 

 and Forty -seventh Regiments, all under command of Mai". 

 Fetrie, of the Thirty-second Regiment, practiced at the 

 100 and 150 yards targets, a fair percentage of the men 

 qualifying. On Friday squads from the Thirteenth, Four- 

 teenth, and Twenty-eighth shot at the 300 and 400 yards 

 targets. 



So much carelessness his been displayed and so many 

 markers injured at the butts that orders have been given' to 

 the Inspector of Rifle Practice of the Second Division to 

 prefer charges against the men to whom the carelessness is 

 traceable, and measures have been taken to devise some 

 system by which accidents may in future be prevented. Nu- 

 merous improvements are now under way at Creed moor, 

 including a magazine intended for the storing of National 

 Guard ammunition, capable of containing 144,000 rounds. 

 A row of flag staffs is also to be placed along the east side 

 of the field, which, during matches, will fiv triangular 

 flags of red bunting, twenty feet long by six feet in width 

 at the staff, the object of which is to assist long range 

 marksmen in determining the direction and force ot the 

 wind. 



The American Team.— The American riflemen sailed 

 from Liverpool on the steamship City of Berlin, at four 

 o'clock, on Thursday, the 12th inst,, and they may, there- 

 fore, be expected to arrive in this city on Sunday or Mon- 

 day next. The arrangements for their reception are very 

 complete, and will be extremely warm, both to the "team" 

 and the various individuals comprising it. Captain Kline 

 will fire a salute at the Battery on the arrival of the team, 

 and the steamer N. K. Hopkins has received a permit to take 

 a reception party down the bay to meet them. The procession 

 will probably be composed of the Ninth Regiment, Third 

 Brigade, and the Twelfth and Sixty-ninth Regiments, First 

 Brigade; the officers of the Twenty-seventh Regiment; the 

 Off-hand Rifle club, and the New York Scheutzeu Corps. 

 Gen. Ward, commanding the First Brigade, will be invited 

 to take command of the procession. Colonel Ward hav- 

 ing offered the services of the Twelfth Regiment as an es- 

 cort, has received a telegram from Colonel Gildersleeve ac- 

 cepting the offer, with thanks. 



Mayor Wickham will receive the team at the Governor's 

 Room, City Hall, on Monday afternoon. GUmore's Band 

 will give a concert at the Hippodrome on Monday evening 

 to which the team will be invited, and a dinner will be 

 given at the Hoffman House, at which it is expected that 

 225 guests will be present. The price of tickets has been 

 fixed at $15. • A proper testimonial is also being prepared 

 to present the guests. The trophies of the team at Dolly- 

 mount are on exhibition at the St. Denis Hotel. 



General Dakin's Brooklyn friends will tender him a ban- 

 quet, to be presided over by Mayor Hunter. 



Major General Husted has issued a circular calling the 

 attention of the field and staff to the fact- that Messrs. Bo- 

 dine and Coleman, members of the American rifle team, 

 are officers of the division, and in order to giv e them a 

 proper and suitable welcome upon their return, unity of 

 action is eminently desirable. 



The Jamaica, L. I., Rod and Rifle Club.— This asso- 

 ciation shot on Wednesday last for a $50 gold badge at 

 their 250 yards range. Mr. W. S. Elmendorf was the win- 

 ner by a score of 50 out of a possible 75, L. R. Jaggar 

 making 47, and Mr. W. S. Cosgrove 46 points, There 

 were eleven contestants in all. 



Empire State Rifle Club.— The tournament of the 

 "Empire State Rifle Club," which Was organized at Water - 

 town last Fall, will take place at East Syracuse next Sep- 

 tember 28th, 29th and 30th, and October 1st. The follow- 

 ing events are on the programme: 



Tuesday — Frst day, match between J. W". Fowler, of Croton Falls, 

 and H. V. Perry, of Jamestown, Penn., for $5)0 a side, 40 rods distance, 

 40 stmts each, no restrictions as to rests, grins, etc. 



Wednesday— Shoot for the Association gold medal, worth $500, open 

 to all memhers of the club, the holder, to retain it till won by some other 

 member at any subsequent sjmi-annual meeting, the first of which will 

 take place in the Spring. 



Thursday- Sh ooi for the Challenge Cap, solid silver, worth $100. 



Friday, forenoon— President's prize will be shot for. and in the after- 

 noon of all three days other prize shots to be arranged hereafter. 



Louis J. Peck, of Lockport, is president, and John A. 

 Nichols, of Syracuse, secretary and treasurer. Any per- 

 son can become a member of the club, we understand, by 

 the payment of the small sum of $5, which entitles him to 

 all its privileges. 



— An interesting and exciting rifle match between a team 

 of ten from the Pittsburgh Rifle Club ; of Pittsburgh, N. . 

 Y., and the same number from the Ausable Yalley Rifle 

 Club, of Keeseville, N. Y., came off at Keeseville, Wed- 

 nesday, August 4th, in which the Plattsburgh Club was 

 victorious by a score of 396 to 377 for their opponents. 

 We think these scores are pretty fair, considering that in 

 both teams some of the best shots met with accidents 

 which placed them at the foot of the list. The conditions 

 were 200 yards, -off-hand, and 400 yards any position with- 

 out artificial rest; Wimbledon target; two sighting and five 

 scoring shots at each range. The following table exhibits 

 the score of each member at both ranges:— 



rUTTHBIJUOII Illf-LK CLUB TEAM. 



200 Yards. Total. 400 Yards. Total. G7I tVl 



Broad well 5 4 3 5 l'7 2 5 3 5 17 m 



Gunn 45443 go 45455 23 43 



Wilkinson .34444 19 54545 23 42 



McCaffrey 5 4034 10 544 5 4 22 38 



•Smith 2 4 5 5 4 20 53 535 21- 41 



Turner 53253 IS 444 54 21 39 



Norton 4 13 2 4 17 4 4 5 5 1 22 39 



Pa<-'e 8.8 3 82 14 4 4 5 5 5 2?, 37 



Ransom 5 5 5 3 4, 22 45544 21 43 



Groodale 3 5 13 4 19 5 4 4 5 3 21 40 



Total 182 214 "396 



AUSABLE VALLEY RIFLE CLUB TEAM. 



Wilkinson 4 4 3 4 2 17 4545 5 23 40 



J. L. Purple 4 4 4 4 16 5 3 3 4 3 IS 34 



Madden 5 5 3 2 4 19 5 5 5 3 2 19 38 



IV Avi»non 2 3 3 3 ] 1 4 5 5 5 4 "3 3» 



Mould 3 3 3 9 4 4 4 5 5 22 31 



E. Purple 3 5 5 5 4 22 4 2 3 4 13 35 



Stephens 3 3 4 5 3 18 4 5 3 2 3 19 37 



Baldwin 4 5 4 3 4 21 5 3 12 5 J') 40 



Hatch 45 44 3 20 5 5 435 22 4* 



Kennel] 5 5 5 4 5 24 5 3 5 4 5 32 4ft 



Tofcal 177 200 377 



— The Saratoga Rifle Club, at a special meeting held 

 August 10th, accepted a challenge from the Parthian, Jr., 

 Rifle Club, of Hudson, to a friendly contest of rifles, to 

 take place at Saratoga, September 8th, 1875, between a 

 representative team of six from each club; distance, 500 

 yards; Wimbledon targets. • 



—Through the instrumentality of Mr. F. R. Shattuck, 

 of Boston, a 250 yard rifle range has been measured off 

 across Sagg Pond to the beach bluff opposite, at South- 

 ampton, L. I., and targets have been put up for practice. 



—A rifle club has been organized at Berlin, Ct., with S. 

 Paddock for president, Fred. Hubbard, secretary', and M. 

 Dudley, treasurer. Committees have been appointed to 

 purchase rifles and select a practice ground. 



Worcester Sportsmen's Club.— The third and last of 

 the competitive trials by the members of the Sportsmen's 

 club, for the selection of a rifle team and substitutes, took 

 place on the club grounds, east of Lake Quinsigamond 

 Saturday. The score was as follows:— ' 



400 Yards. 500 Yards iWoi 



I. C. Bates ^mith 4 5 5 3 4 5 3. ... 29 023 5423 tq f« 



£• L. Rice 2 4 4 3 5 1 4.. ..26 5 2 4 5 4""20 46 



»■ I- £'-'g? 4 4 5 4 5 5 5.. ..32 4 3 5 4 5 3 24 S 



& ?" CU ^ m 3 3 3 4 4 3 5 4 '--- 26 4 2 5 4 5 5:"'"25 51 



Stedman Clark 3 3 4 3 5 5 5... .28 2 2 5 2 5 ' 1 6 44 



A-g- Mann 5 4 43 4 5 3. ...28 3 3 03424.! 19 47 



A. E. Grimes 5 3 2 4 5 4 4. .. .27 3 2 4 4 3 5 5 or I* 



W. J.McFarland 5 4 5 5 5 5 5. .. .34 5452354 "^ t'o 



Nathan Washburn 3 3 5 2 4 4 4. ...25 5 3 4 5 5 3 S.TsO 55 



Frank Wesson 5 4 4 4 4 4 3. . . .28 455 34^ ^ *a 



C.B.Holden... 3 5 3 5 5 5. . . .26 2 2 3 6 4 5 .'.' "II 4? 



Messrs. Smith, Rice, Clark, Grimes, McFarland Wesson 

 and Hoklen used the Frank Wesson rifle. Messrs ' Cutting 

 Mann and Washburn the Alex. Henry rifle, and Mr Rugs 

 the Holden rifle. Messrs. McFarland, Cutting Wesson 

 Mann, Ruggs and Rice constitute the club team and Messrs' 

 Grimes, Clark and Smith the substitutes. Mr W J Mc 

 Farland ^ins the rifle offered by Mr. Frank Wesson for 

 the best aggregate score in- the three competitions. 



Rifle Match— Hamilton vs. Montreal.— A simultane 

 ous rifle match between members of the Montreal Rifle 

 club and those of the Victoria Rifle club of Hamilton 

 took place yesterday afternoon, the former firing at" the 

 Pomt St Charles ranges and the latter at their own ranges 

 in Hamilton. 1 he understanding was, that twelve mem- 

 bers should be selected to shoot from each club but Ham 

 1 ton shot with only ten men, who made 589 points at the 

 three ranges The individual scores have not been re- 

 ceived. The Hamilton men selected were Messrs George 

 Murison, James Adam, F. Schwarz, J. J. Mason,' William 

 Mitchell, Albert John Mitchell, C. Murray David and 

 Thomas Mitchell. The following are the scores- of the 

 Montrealers:— 



Eoss 20 ° W*> 500 lf ds - 600 Yards. Total. 



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Thomas 27 2 5 iq J 



Wall ■•.. 22 26 21 § 



West 26 18 20 S 



^aser „ 2 3 19 21 f 



I Vinson ...,.21 21 20 i-> 



Pergamn .'.22 21 g 62 - 



Trihey....---- .22 18 91 ,.? 



Esdaile.. 23 is in bl 



Stenbouse ^M 24 U % 



Imrie "- " • 21 17 15 53 



Total. ....272 m M) m 



From the above it will, be seen that the Monti ealers won 



the contest Taking the average of ten men on each side 



Montreal led by 54 vomts^Montreal Witness m ' 



