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infringements of the laws. We are glad to welcome Mr. 

 Wales to the band of game protectors : — 



Department of Docks, New York, Oct. 2, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream.— 



1 am not a sportsman, therefore I cannot make any valuable contribu- 

 tion to the stock of knowledge that will interest that large class of our 

 citizens who find health-giving recreation in our woods and streams. 

 I feel, however, a deep interest in the preservation of the fish and game, 

 which seems to be rapidly disappearing for want, possibly, of a vigorous 

 and intelligent enforcement of the game laws. My first visit to the Adi- 

 rondacks was made this Summer. This whole region abounds in lakes 

 and weird streams, which in the past more than now abundantly re- 

 warded the rod and the reel. I find that a good fisherman prefers to 

 sport for the bass, a very "gamy fish," but the vield is not large, and is 

 evidently growing les s every year. One cause for this scarcity was sug- 

 gested to me, viz. : the wicked practice among the residents along the 

 lakes and streams, of shooting for food the spawning bass as she lays on 

 the shore, thus ruthlessly destroying millions of young, and effectually 

 draining the lakes of this most delicious fish. There may be a law 

 aeainst this murderous business; if not, there surely ought to be one, 

 with severe penalties rigorously enforced. 



Another branch of this subject interests me deeply, and that is the 

 gradual disappearance of the deer from the Adirondack forests. This 

 ought not to be allowed to go on. I should have no pleasure myself in 

 the killing of one of these beautiful creatures, especially after be has 

 been forced from his woody cover to find shelter in the lake. The State, 

 for the protection of the waters of the Hudson, wisely proposes to make 

 of this region a great reservation. Now, why not for a time at least re- 

 serve the deer and allow them "to increase and multiply?" Will you 

 not give emphasis to these somewhat crude suggestions, and oblige, re- 

 spectfully yours, S. H. Wales. 

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Wars and Rumors of Wars.— From each direction, 

 east and west of us, the black clouol of _war seems to 'be 

 looming upon the horizon. It would puzzle a Philadel- 

 phia lawyer to decide the questions arising out of the 

 Herzegovina difficulties. The simpliest explanation is that 

 those provinces, envious of the greater freedom enjoyed by 

 the semi-independent principalities, Montenegro, Rouma- 

 nia, and Servia, are anxious to cast off the Turkish yoke 

 and strike out for themselves. Turkey has so long acted 

 as the balance pole of Europe that her upsetting would re- 

 sult in a general scrimmage. Not the least unpleasant 

 feature of the affair is the fact that she has succeeded in 

 contracting a very respectable debt, the loss of which 

 would shake European financial circles as much as her dis- 

 memberment would the political world. Hence the 

 anxiety of her creditors to preserve peace. 



A very pretty quarrel has also arisen between China and 

 England, the results of which, if declared, would be no less 

 disastrous to the peace of Europe than in the case just 

 mentioned. The struggle for dominion and Empire in the 

 far East, west to us, is between Russia and England, while 

 Prussia looks suspiciously upon the increase in territory of 

 those powers. But setting aside that view of the question, 

 although a war could but result ultimately in the success 

 of the English, it would not be the child's play of former 

 contests. The most inveterate enemy of foreigners, Li- 

 Hung-Uhang, is now in power. He it was who planted him- 

 self doggedly before Nanking and moved not until he had re- 

 captured that city and trodden out the great Taeping rebel- 

 lion; who used the foreign soldiers loaned him as officers 

 and drill masters, as mechanics and experts, until they had 

 fashioned him an army and built him fortresses and guns, 

 and then cast them off. Our own interests centre more in 

 the result of the China affair than they possibly can in the 

 Turkish imbroglio, 



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• The "Squire" on Short-tailed Grouse. — "Squire" 

 Horace Smith, our Field and Kennel Editor, writes us from 

 Augusta, Eau Claire county, Wis., September 26th:— 



"Our party, comprising Mr. Whitman, of Chicago; Mr. 

 J. J. Seitzinger, of Philadelphia; Mr. J. S. Ross, of Mil- 

 waukee, are having excellent sport, yet neither the sharp- 

 tailed or pinnated grouse are as abundant as I found them 

 hereabout two years ago. Still there are enough to afford 

 most capital sport, as by shooting five or six hours per day 

 we can bag from twelve to fifteen birds to each gun, mostly 

 sharp-tails, a magnificent member of the grouse family. 

 Yesterday in three consecutive shots I killed, first, a sharp- 

 tail, then a pinnated, and lastly a ruffed grouse, all full- 

 sized, plump birds, and as they were shot clean and re- 

 trieved without rumpling a feather, how I wish I could 

 have laid them on the office table for your inspection. One 

 of the great drawbacks to this shooting is our inability to 

 get the game to our distant friends, but we have the com- 

 fort of knowing that none is allowed to spoil on our hands. 

 You would be astonished to see the consumption of sharp- 

 tailed b}^ my friends before alluded to. You know I am 

 a very delicate young man, and of small dimensions, but 

 they "do say that I can get through with a two-pound grouse 

 in less time than most older and larger men. 



We have now hanging in a cool nlace about seventy-five 

 birds of the three varieties of grouse, which will be sent to 

 our friends at Milwaukee, Chicago, and other places not 

 more distant. We start to-morrow for Lake Koshkenong, 

 where we will shoot snipe and ducks a few days. While 

 shooting among the bluffs yesterday, near Beef River, we 

 encountered a bear. Bears, you know, are proverbally im- 

 polite, and that fellow was not an exception, for, instead 

 of politely waiting until we could shoot him, he very im- 

 politely and unceremoniously 'got up and got,' and with 

 very little order as to his going. It was not a smooth 2:20 

 gait he traveled, but a most awkward three-minute "lick." 

 After seeing him I was a little cautious in turning sharp 

 corners lest I might come rather too near some of his rela- 

 tives. Mr. Theo. Morford left us at Milwaukee and ran out 

 to St. Paul with the view of shooting with Mr. Shipman 

 over the famous setter Joe." 



[A description of the sharp-tailed grouse, a bird but too 

 little known, will be found under the head of Natural His- 

 tory.— Ed.] 



The Colleges. — The receipt of our college exchanges 

 advises us that the college year has recommenced. The 

 Yale Record, Harvard Advocate and Crimson, Trinity Tablet, 

 Amherst titudent, and others, are once more on our table. 

 The pages of the first issue are largely devoted to resumes 

 of the late inter-collegiate race at Saratoga, and Cornell is 

 freely awarded the palm of victory. We judge from the 

 indications thus far exhibited that boating and athletics 

 generally will receive a large share of attention during the 

 coming collegiate Tear. 



CREEDMOOR. 



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The Autumn Meeting op the Rifle Association.— 

 On Tuesday, the 28th September the opening contest took 

 place with the Judd Match: Conditions, weapon, any mili- 

 tary rifle; distance, 200 yards; position, standing; rounds, 

 seven; entrance fee, $1.00, open to all members of the As- 

 sociation. Twenty prizes, value $183: — 



scores. 



Name. Score. Total. 



Joseph Mason 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 30 



W. Robertson 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 30 



E. S. Browe i 4 4 5 5 5 3 30 



W. F. Edmundstone 4445 4 44 29 



J. A. Gee 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 29 



F. H. Holton 4 4 15 4 4 4 29 



John Waydell 4354445 26 



J. LeBoutiliier 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 28 



J. B. Frothingham 4444444 28 



C. Smith ! 3444445 28 



W.J. Oliver 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 28 



G. H. Pettit 4 4 344 54 28 



T.J. Dolen.' 3 5 3 5 4 4 4 28 



W. R. Vail 4 4 5 3 4 4 4 28 



H. H. Meday .4445344 28 



T. Duke 4454344 28 



E. H. Sanford 3 4 44 444 2? 



A. Smith 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 27 



Joseph Holland 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 27 



W. T. Everett 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 27 



In the ties on 29, Mr. Gee made the best shot, and for 

 the 28 score Mr. Frothingham took precedence. On the tie 

 of 27 Mr. Smith took the eighteenth place on the list of 

 winners. Last year at the Autumn contest, owing to very 

 adverse circumstances, the first prize in the Judd Match 

 was won with 23. Mr. Joseph Mason's score of 30 in a 

 possible 35, is a handsome total. We are more than pleas- 

 ed that Canada carries home a token of her prowess. 



Short Range Match —Conditions, open to all-comers; 

 weapon, any rifle; distance, 200 yards; seven rounds; posi- 

 tion, standing; entrance fee, $1. Twenty prizes, value 



SCOPES. 



Name. Score. Total. 



T. R Murphy 45 454 5 5 32 



J. I. C. Clarke 5 4 4 4 5 4 5 31 



. W. S. Mandeviile 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 31 



E. H. Sanford 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 31 



F.Backofer 545454 4 31 



T. S. Dakin.... 55 44 5 44 31 



J. E. Stetson :5 4 4 4 4 4 5 30 



J. S. Loomis 4544454 30 



L. H. Greve 4 45 5 444 36 



J. McGlensey 5 4 5 3 4 4 5 30 



J. L. Allen 4345554 30 



William Beavan 5 5 5 4 3 4 4 30 



T. J. Fagan 3 5 4 5 5 5 3 30 



T W. Linton 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 29 



E. S. fcJrowe 4344545 29 



D. C. Pinney 4 4 5 4 3 5 4 29 



J. Bodine 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 29 



E. H. Madison...- 5 5 44434 29 



J. Le Boutillier ....5444453 29 



M. A. Wilkes 5 4 5 4 4 4 3 29 



Cavalry Match — Open to teams of five of any troops of 

 N. G. of the State of New York. Men to be in uniform 

 (full dress or fatigue); distance 200 yards; position, stand- 

 ing; rounds, seven; weapon, Remington breech loading 

 carbine, State model, using carbine ammunition; trigger 

 pull not less than six pounds. Eleven prizes, value 



SCORES. 

 YATES DRAGOONS. 



Sergeant. Nicholson 4 2 4 4 3 5 4 26 



Captain Auer 2 3 5 4 3 2 4 23 



Private Decoy 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 23 



Lieutenant Amer 3 2 4 3 4 5 21 



Private Kelly 2 3 4 2 4 4 19 



Total.... 112 



SEPARATE TROOP, 24TH BRIGADE. 



. Private Sheldon 445 3244 26 



Private Warner 3 3 3 2 5 4 4 24 



Corporal Benson 4 4 4 5 3 3 23 



Serg-ant Wellington 4 4 3 3 4 2 20 



Private Ames 3 4 4 3 3 2 19 



Total 112 



WASHINGTON GREY TROOP. 



Lieutenant Decker 4 3 4 4 3 4-3 25 



Sergeant Kelsey 4 4 3 4 3 33 24 



Sergeant Puller 4 5 3 3 4 5 24 



Sergeant McHugh 3 4 2 4 4 4 2 23 



Sergeant Wilson 2 2 3 2 4 13 



Total 109 



Last year better shooting was done, the total of the win- 

 ning team having been 123 made by F. troop Third 

 calvary : — 



INDIVIDUAL SCORES. 



Name. Score. Total. 



H. Freer, Third Regiment 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 27 



M. B. Nicholson, Yates Dragoons 4 2 4 4 3 54 26 



G. Sheldon, Twenty -fourth Brigade 4 4 5 3 2 4 4 26 



A. T. Dicker, W. G. T 4 3 4 4 3 13 25 



H. B. Kelsey, W. G. T 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 24 



W. Wagner, Twenty-fourth Brigade 3 3 3 2 5 4 4 24 



D. Lackeman, Fifth Brigade 4 2 5 3 2 4 4 24 



In connection with the prizes awarded to winners in the 

 foregoing matches a prize was awarded by the Second Di- 

 vision staff to the troop making the highest score. This 

 was won by the Separate Troop of the Fifth Brigade on a 

 score of 96 out of a possible 125 points. This concluded 

 the programme of the day — weather fine, wind quiet. 



Wednesday, Sept. 29.— Second Division National 

 Guard Match. — Conditions, open to teams of twelve 

 from each regiment or battalion of infantry in the 

 First Division of the State National Guard; weapon, 

 the regulation military rifle; distances, 200 and 500 

 yards, five shots at each range; position, standing at 

 200 yards and any at 500. There are four prizes for teams 

 making the highest aggregate scores, and twenty-one 

 prizes for the highest individual scores— altogether twenty- 

 five prizes, valued at $550. There were-nineteam entries:— 



SEVENTH REGIMENT. 



Name. 200 Yds. 500 Yds. Totals. 



Corporal Sanford .....20 24 44 



Corporal Hinron „ 19 24 43 



Sergeant Le Boutillier.... 17 22 39 



Corporal Gardner 17 22 39 



Sergeant Price 18.- 20 38 



Private Gardner 18 19 37 



Sergeant French 19 18 37 



Private Scrymser.,. .20 17 37 



Total r ,..,.... 447 



TWENTT-SECOND REGIMENT. 



Lientennnt Waydell 21 



Privat e Boorman — 19 



Sergeant Jacobs 20 



Private Berrien 22 



Private Wagner ... 19 



Captain Briggs , 18 



Private Greve 20 



Total -. 



TWELFTH REGIMENT. 



Captain Van Rensealear 19 



Sergeant Dolan 20 



Adjutant Murphy 19 



Private Banta 17 



Private Madison 18 



Private Van Husen 20 



Captain Reddy 18 



Captain Smith :. 20 



Total • 438 



The Seventy-ninth Regiment made a total of 415. The 

 Twelfth having recorded a higher total at the lower range 

 were accorded the second prize, while the Twenty-second 

 wins the third prize. The individual prizes in this com- 

 petition are as follows: — 



22 



43 



22* 



41 



21 



41 



19 



41 



19 



38 



18 



36 



16 



36 





...438 



24 



43 



19 



39 



20 



39 



21 



38 



20 



38 



18 



38 



19 



37 



17 



37 



Name. Score. 



Sergeant T. J. Dolan . 1 2th 39 



Private M. Cochrane, 12th 39 



W. Ben van s, 8Hi 39 



G. A. Banta, 12th 38 



Lieut. J. A. Gee. 8th 38 



'flvateE. II. Madison. 12th.. ..-88 



Sergeant J. L. Price, 7th 38 



Captain Dutch. 79th 38 



Private J. Manner, 23d 38 



W. Robertson, 79th 38 



Name. Score 



Corporal Sanford, 7th regt 44 



Cipt. J. T. Van^ensslaer. 12th.. 43 



Corporal T. W. Linton. 7th 43 



Lieutenant Waydell, 22d 43 



Private W. Boorman , 22d 41 



Sergeant J. B- Jacobs, 22d 41 



Private A. J. Berrien, Jr.. 22d 41 



Captain Munro. 79th 40 



Sergeant J. LeBoutellier. 7th 39 



Corporal F. S. Gardner. 7th 39 



Adjutant W. H. Murphy, 12th.. 39 



Second Division National Guard Match.— Conditions, 

 open to teams from each regiment or battalion of infantry 

 in the Second Division; weapons the regulation military 

 rifle; Distances 200 and 500 yards; five rounds at each 

 range; position, standing at 200, and any at 500 yards; en- 

 trance fee $1 each man. There were six teams entered. 

 The prizes numbered twenty, valued at $480, out of which 

 the three first went to teams making the highest scores, 

 and the remaining seventeen were awarded to the best in- 

 dividual scores in the competing regiments, according to 

 the men's order of merit. 



The first prize was won by the Twenty-third with a score 

 of 414, the second by the Forty-seventh with 405, the third 

 prize by the Thirty-second with 338. The following table 

 will give in a comprehensive form the totals of the team 

 scores of the 1st and 2d Divisions with the individual 

 prizes : — 



FIRST DIVISION TEAM TOTALS. 



Regiment. Score. 



Sixty-ninth Regiment 372 



Seventv-nrst Regiment 370 



Eighty-fourth 306 



Ninth Regiment 303 



Regiment. Score. 



Seventh Regiment 447 



Twelfth Regiment 42P 



Twenty-second Regiment 438 



Seventy-ninth Regiment 415 



Eighth Regiment 379 



SECOND DIVISION TEAM TOTALS. 



Twenty-third Regiment 414 I Fourteen th^R^sriment 332 



Forty-seventh Regiment.. 4^51 Thirteenth Regiment 283 



Thirty-second Regiment 338 Fifteenth Regiment 209 



INDIVIDUAL PRIZES. 



Name. Score. I Nhme. Score. 



J. K. Bariow,23d regt 43 Captain Bradley, 4?tli 36 



T. Limb, Jr., 47th 42lDrnm Maior Beavan, 23d 39 



J. Covvperthwaite. 23d 38'Captain Lntss, 37th 36 



Corporal Stearns. 23d 38 



F. H. Holton, 23d 38 



U. G. Brown, 47th 38 



Adjt. Frothingham, 23d 38',S. E. Condon, 47th 



P. Baekhofen, 47th 38|Corporal Corry, Hth 



37| 



•I. J. Hinrichs, 47th 35 



M. King. 14th 35 



L. Strong, 13th 35 



34 



34 



D. C Pinney, 23d. 



Thursday, Sept. 30. — Third day of the meeting, New 

 York State Match; conditions, upen to te'ams of twelve 

 from each regiment or battalion of infantry of the National 

 Guard of the State of New York; distances, 200 and 500 

 yards; position, standing at 200, any at 500; weapon, Rem- 

 ington rifle, State model; five rounds at each distance; en- 

 trance fee, $1 each man; thirty prizes, value, $1,142 50. 

 The first two were silver trophies, one valued at $500 

 and the other at $125; the third prize was a gold 

 medal, and the fourth a silver trophy. The above were 

 team prizes, to this were added twenty-five prizes for best 

 individual scores: — 



Team. Totals.! Team. Totals. 



Seventh Resiment 451|Twelfth Regiment 435 



Twenty-third Regiment 446! Seventy-ninth Regiment 434 



INDIVIDUAL PRIZES. 



Name. Score. 



Captain Briggs. 22d regiment 41 



M. J. Beaman. 9th 43 



J. W. Gardner, 7th 42 



J. Covvperthwaite, 23d 42 



Name. Score. 



Lieut. Vannett, 79th regiment 41 



Adjutant, Frothingham, 23d 41 



Feeley, 69th 41 



Corporal Sanford, 7th 41 



Captain Reddy, 12th 42! Captain Barker, 8'h 40 



Captain J. J. O'Kelly, 69th 42|Lieut. Col. Lindley, 21st 40 



Corporal Davis. 84th 42 Adjutant Murphy. 12th 40 



Private Pyle, 79th 42 Sergeant Le Boutellier, 7th 40 



Dri^haur. 19lh 4l'Sergeant Deyo, 21st 40 



Captain Bradley, 47th 41 ILieutenant Hofele, 8th 40 



Ord. Sergeant Ferris, 22d 41 Captain Coleman, 19th... 40 



Lieutenant Waydell, 22d 41 Sergeant Oliver, 23d 40 



De Forest, 23d 41|Lieut. Edmundstone, 79th 40 



Army and Navy Journal Match. — Conditions, open 

 to one team from each State and Territory of the United 

 States, consisting of twelve men chosen in such manner as 

 shall be prescribed by the military authorities of such State 

 or Territory from any one or more of the regularly organ- 

 ized regiments, battalions or companies of uniformed mili- 

 tia; distance, 200, 400 and 600 yards; position, at 200 

 yards, standing; 400 yards, kneeling; and 600 yards, any; 

 weapon, the authorized military rifle in use by the Na- 

 tional Guard of the State or Territory which the team re- 

 presents. In cases where the State has adopted no partic- 

 ular model, (which must be certified by the Adjutant-Gen- 

 eral), the team will be allowed to use the rifle in use by the 

 regular army of the United States, or by the uniformed 

 militia of any other State. Rounds, ten each distance. 

 There were fifteen entries for this interesting match, a 

 team of United States Infantry and one from the engin- 

 eers competing with the militia, but the regulars were 

 very badly beaten, taking a very low position as marks- 

 men, not perhaps from any fault in their arms, but because 

 they were not as familiar with the use of the weapon in 

 shooting as our citizen soldiers. The first prize was won 

 by the second Connecticut with a score of 306, the second 



