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on the Hudson River. As- soon ar the club, has its first practice I wh} 

 send yon the scores. I think they will' be 'good ones r and no donbt the 

 numerous friends of the members will be glad to hear from them through 

 the medium of your inimitable Forest-and Stream. . P.M. 



GAME IN SEASON IN OCTOBER. 



Moose, Alcesmalchis. 

 Elk or Wapiti, Cervus Canadensis. 

 Hares, brown and grey. 

 Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. 

 1 Woodcock, 'Scolopax rusticola. 

 Buffed Grouse, Tetrao umbellus. 

 Plover, Charadriinm. 

 God wit. 



Rails, Rallus fl^ginianus. 

 Snipe and Bay Birds. 

 Caribou, Tarandus rangifer. 



Red Deer, Oaricxs Yirginianns. 

 Squirrels, red, black and grey. 

 Quail, Optyx Virginianus. 

 Pinnated Grouse, Tetrao cupido. 

 Curlew, Numenius arguaria. 

 Sandpioers, Tringanai. 

 Willets. 

 Reed or Rice Birds, Dolichonyx orw 



vorus. 

 Wild Duck. 



Game in Market.— Considering the weather and tk© dif- 

 ficulties of transporting without loss, the market is well 

 supplied with game of eveiy description peculiar to the 

 season. Buffed grouse are very abundant, the fine fresh 

 looking birds received from Connecticut and this State 

 being worth $1 per pair, while those brought on ice from 

 the West bring considerably less. Prairie chickens (pin- 

 nated grouse) i?ell for $1.25 per pair. Woodcock, coming 

 principally from Connecticut, are worth $1 per pair for 

 fine birds. Quail are more abundant, the law now being 

 off in Connecticut, und prices have fallen to $3.50 a $4 per 

 dozen. It is a little remarkable that no quail should be re- 

 ceived from the West, and it indicates a short supply from 

 that region. The supply of English snipe is very limited, 

 most of those received being from New Jersey; price $3 

 per dozen. Canvas back ducks, Western birds, are worth 

 $2.50 a $3 per pair; mallards, $1 a $1.25; widgeon, 75 cents 

 to $1; black ducks 75 cents to $1; teal, mostly green- 

 winged, 75 cents to $1. Venison, from Minnesota, in very 

 fine order, is worth 30 cents per pound. Stall-fed wijd 

 pigeons, $2. 50 a $3 per dozen. 



TnE Dtttmak Powder. —A correspondent writes : "Why 

 don't Carl Dittmar let the sportsmen of the country know 

 (by the experiments of disinterested parties,) through the 

 columns of your valuable paper whether his powder is now 

 uniform in quality and free from danger of bursting guns? 

 Sportsmen here are anxious to know more about it before 

 adopting its use." We would suggest to our correspond- 

 ent to write to Carl Dittmar, at Neponsett, Mass., and pro- 

 cure a sample of the powder and experiment for himself. 

 There have been numerous results published in our col- 

 umns, which appear to differ practically. We believe, 

 however, that Mr. Dittmar now claims to have made the 

 powder safe and sure. 



—A sportsman's club has been organized at Amsterdam, 

 Montgomery county, N". Y., with the following officers:— 

 President, E. V. Green; Vice Presidents, Hon, Jas. Shana- 

 han and Dr. J. C. Schoon; Secretary and Treasurer, L. H. 

 Young. The club has twenty charter members, all sports- 

 men thoroughly interested in the protection of game and 

 the carrying out of the State game laws, which for some 

 time have been a dead letter in "that vicinity, particularly 

 the clause relating to Sunday shooting. Our correspondent 

 mentions that last Sunday he met with a party of three 

 "hunters," whose united bag comprised a robin, a chip- 

 munk, and a female yellow bird. The new club means 

 business, and will publish fair warning to violators of the 

 law in each paper published in Montgomery county. 



—Messrs. O. and C. Bell, while shooting off Rodger^' 

 Island, near Catskill, last week, saw and killed two canvas 

 back ducks. Very rare visitants to those parts, we should 

 say. 



An Unfortunate Sportsmen.— J. C. Brigham, of Eliz- 

 abeth, N. J., who went to Bayonne a few days ago and 

 shot twelve robins, was arrested and taken before Recorder 

 Myers, who fined him $10 for each bird. 



The Number op Shot in a Charge.— We publish the 

 following for the benefit of game and pigeon shots alike. 

 Both class of sportsmen will find this table useful when 

 trying new guns at, a target, as it will show the number of 

 shots a charge contains against the number the gun puts in 

 the target — i. e., presuming that no one fires more than 1| 

 oz. of shot in a charge ; — 



NUJUBEK OF PELLETS EACH SIZE IN 1 OZ. 





Leroy, Edgar 

 &. Co. 



Tatham & 



Chicago Shot 



English 





Bros. 





Tower Co. 



Shot. 



No. 10.. 



....82-3 



84S 



No. 10.. 



854 



1,700 



9.. 



....560 



568 



9.. 



596 



1,000 



8.. 



....375 



399 



8., 



.....434 



606 



7. . 



2<8 



291 



7.. 



323 



350 



6.. 



209 



218 



6.. 



....216 



270 



5.. 



....149 



168 



5.. 



....172 



220 



4.. 



121 



132 



4.. 



143 



180 



3.. 



..... 98 



306 



3.. 



118 



130 



2.. 



.... 82 



86 



2.. 



92 



110 



1.. 



09 



58 



71 

 59 



1.. 



75 



80 



B.. 



B.. 



62 





BB 



49 



56 



BB 



53 



— 



To find the proportion in one and a quarter or one and 

 a half ounces, of course it is only necessary to add the 

 proper proportion. 



Massachusetts.— Salem, Oct 25.— During the past week 

 there have been a few quail shot, but one party started two 

 broods, and neither of them were grown so as to fly well — 

 in fact, they are rather late this year. One man" reports 

 sixteen woodcock as the result of a day's sport lately, and 

 others say they are more plenty this than for some seasons. 

 Bay birds are essentially gone, though an occasional "win- 

 ter" is seen. Snipe scarce. Partridge are about, as usual, 

 and never plenty, and always shy. Ducks are about. Old 

 squaws and shelldr&ke T have seen, undr a large flock of 

 geese went south yesterday A. M. No whistlers or dippers 

 ,yet. Loon and other divers are quite numerous. Coots 

 Plenty. Teal. 



Gohdmi Oct. 25.— Gunning for- the past week has been 

 poor, too much calm weather with fog on the coast. The 



flight has been mostly black duck, shelldrake, and brant, 

 with very few coot. Smelt fishing is still good. We ex- 

 pect a large flight of ducks next week. Winter yellow legs 

 plenty for the last two days; large and in splendid condi- 

 tion, s. K., Jr. 



New YonK.— Schroon Lake, Essex county, Oct. 18.— Sport- 

 ing times are lively in the vicinity of this lovely sheet— the 

 Lake Como of our country. On the 11th inst. Messrs. 

 James G. Dimond, J. E. Sidman, Jacob B, Crane, C. L. 

 Smith, R B. Smith, W. D; Haven, and Will Fisk, all of 

 New York city, engaged in a "grand hunt," with George 

 Wickham and Ed. Jenks as guides. In the afternoon a 

 noble deer was driven into Schroon Lake by the hounds 

 and speedily dispatched by Mr. Dimond. On the follow- 

 ing day another deer wa<; killed on the same ground by Mr. 

 Fisk and Art. Jenks. On the 13th inst. the same party, 

 accompanied by Messrs. John Wright, J. D. and J. H. 

 Burwell (the latter the well-known and most popular pro- 

 prietor of the Ondawa House,) proceeded to Crane Pond, 

 about five miles distant, where they encamped for three 

 days, enjoying in the meantime capital and successful 

 sport. Result, five deer and dozens of ruffed grouse. 

 Schroon Lake lies on the very borders of the great forest, 

 and within a few hours' drive and tramp of some of the 

 wildest and most sublime scenery of the Adirondacks. In- 

 deed, some of the noblest pinnacles of that range display 

 their majestic forms in full view from this lake. No bet- 

 ter accommodations could be desired than those furnished 

 by the model establishments, the Leland and the Ondawa 

 Hotels, both situated in the pleasant village at the head of 

 the lake. No more efficient guides can be secured any- 

 where than Sam. Saunders, Ben. Wickham, Geo. M. Saw- 

 yer, N. B. Knox, and Ed. Jenks. Route to Schroon Lake: 

 Rail from Saratoga Springs to Riverside, 50 miles (Adiron- 

 dack Railroad, fare $2;) stage to Pottersville, six miles 

 (good road and fine scenery, fare $1; excellent dinner at 

 Lock's Hotel, 75 cents;) steamer Effingham, through the 

 entire length: of Schroon Lake, nine miles, fare 75 cents. 

 No more delightful trip could be enjoyed. E. R. W. 



New Jersey.— $?/m?r.s' Point, Oct. 25.— This is a favorite 

 locality for duck and snipe shooting, and, in fact, for 

 shore shooting of every kind, as well as for fishing. Ruffed 

 grouse, and an occasional deer and bear in the adjacent 

 wilds. Capt. Japheth Townsend keeps a first rate country 

 inn for the accommodation of sportsmen. He and his sons 

 are expert hunters and fishermen, and are clever and oblig- 

 ing. He has a good yacht and plenty of boats. Charges 

 $10 a week. His house is five miles from Abseacom Sta 

 tion, on the Camden and Atlantic Railroad. 



Virginia.— Norfolk, Oct 23.— Have just returned from 

 "Back Bay" and although much too early for good shoot 

 ing, killed thirty-three, pintails, mallard, black duck, wid- 

 geon and teal. Heretofore we have had plenty of quail 

 within from ten to twenty miles of this city, but this year 

 thare appears to be very few; have shot but tweuty-one 

 this season against about 100 for same period last year. 



— A correspondent, writing from Helena, Ark. ,' wishes 

 to know if he can have two imitation swans made with 

 machinery sufficiently powerful to tow one of Colvin's 

 twelve pound canvas boats with a cargo of 175 pounds. 

 We fancy that such machinery would be as expensive as a 

 small steamboat, and that our friend will have to content 

 himself with getting at his ducks by the old-fashioned 

 methods. Regarding the sporting facilities of that section 

 our correspondent writes . — 



"Helena is a beautiful little city of 5,000 inhabitants 

 situated in Phillips county, Ark., on the Mississippi River' 

 and about 100 miles south of Memphis, Term. There are 

 numerous lakes on both the Mississippi and Arkansas sides 

 of the river which teem with all the varieties of water fowl 

 that, winter in this latitude, while on their banks roam the 

 black bear, deer in abundance, and ore, •» -in ^ally a pnnther 

 larger than those I saw in Central i/ariviu September. Dur- 

 ing all winter our market is supplied with what is called 

 here the trout, weighing from 21 to 8 pounds— a very 

 game fish, and also what are known as the bass and white 

 perch, weighing from two to five pounds. All three will 

 make a reel sing." R. C. 



— The Georgetown (Col.) Miner says: "Elk are found 

 in almost every part of the park, generally in the timbered 

 country or on mountain slopes, singly and in bands of ten 

 and fifteen, according to the season. With proper care 

 they can be stalked as near as 150 yards, but a good hunter 

 who "jumps" a herd at fifty yards will bag three-fourths 

 of the number before they are out of range. When 

 dressed they weigh 800 to 1,200 pounds; but as a dozen 

 tall fellows, their shapely horns laid back, go crashing and 

 thundering through the thick pine forest, leaving a 

 storm of branches and dust in their wake, each elk may 

 easily be estimated to weigh a ton." 



[We should like to know what kind of a rifle they use in 

 Colorado, where they kill two-thirds of a herd of elk before 

 they are out of range. It must be either a "repeater," or 

 a very good scatterer. — Ed ] 



—A pigeon match was shot at Peter's Valley, Sussex 

 county, N. J., on the 21st inst., between Hon. D. A. Wells ' 

 of Mflford, and S. Danley, of Matamoras, Pa., for $100 a 

 side, ten birds each, twenty-one yards rise. Wells killed 9 

 and Danley 7 birds. 



--The Tremont Sportsman's Club have been holding a 

 pigeon shooting tournament for the last few days at Beacon 

 Park, Boston . The first match on Thursday was at double 

 rises, 18 yards rise, 100 yards boundary, five pairs of birds 

 each. Messrs. Portlock, Stark, and Mingav each killed all 

 of their birds, and agreed to divide the $100. In a similar 

 match which succeeded, Mr. G. Crandall killed ten birds 

 and took first money, the second being divided between 

 Messrs. Portlock, Stark, and Mingay. After some minor 

 sweepstakes, one for $100 was shot at 10 single birds, 21 

 yards rise, 80 yards boundary, with the following result:— 



Name. Score. 



Portlock 3 



Mingay — 1 



Cook 3 



Tucker 10 



Perrv... . . 



G; Crandall. . 10 



Name. Score 



Locke — , v io 



Anthony jo 



S . B. Newton . ! ! 10 



Stark '..'.,'. 2 



Richards. () 



Messrs. Tucker, G. Crandall, Locke, Anthony, and S. B. 

 Newton having tied, they^agreed to divide the $100 ' be- 

 tween them. 



Another sweepstakes of $100 } at ten singl© birds, was 



next shot for, and the result, after some excellent shoot- 

 ing, was as follows: — 



Name. Score. I Name. Score. 



S. Siiaw lOIFifield t 



Portlock eiHealey.... ..10 



Cook 6 



Stark..... 8 



Richards , 5 



S. A. Smith , 2 



Locke 



Mingay . 



W. W. Crandall 10 



Tucker 1 



Perry 8 



G. Crandall 10 



Morgan 6 



Messrs. Shaw, W. W. Crandall, G. Crandall, and Healey 

 having tied, divided the whole money among them. 



Next came another $100 sweepstukes under the same con- 

 ditions as the last, and this resulted as follows:-— 



Name. Score.) Name. Score. 



W. W. Crandall 9|Tucker ,, 8 



Stark „ 9'Anthony ; lo 



Cook 1 Richards o 



Healey 9lT. Smith e 



G. Crandall 10 |Locke. 10 



Messrs. G. Crandall, Anthony, and Locke having killed 

 all their birds, agreed to divide the money. 



During the afternoon a match for $25 a side was shot be- 

 tween Messrs. Stark and Locke, both of New Hampshire. 

 Mr. Stark won the match, killing all his birds but the 

 fourth, wi ile Mr. Locke missed his eighth and ninth. 



Mr. Locke, of Portsmouth made some excellent shoot* 

 ing, scoring his first twenty birds without a miss; three 

 birds that were nicely killed with open wings were ruled 

 against him, eaUed on the ground by the referee, there being 

 no judges in any of the matches except in the match be- 

 tween Lock and Stark . Quail. 



NASSAU SHOOTING CLUB. 



East New York, Oat. 16, 1875. 

 EDtTou Forest ajid Stream:— 



Yesterday the Nassau Shooting Club of this place had their regular 

 monthly ehoot. The old shooting ground of the club has been aban- 

 doned, as the close proximity to dwellings and the congregation of boys, 

 who soon find ont the dayB fixed for great events, made the whole thing 

 an annoyance to all hands; so we appointed a committee to visit Mr! 

 Dexter, of Dexter Park Shooting Grounds, and arrangements have been 

 made to hold the ro«t of our shoots at his place, and, by the way, ho has 

 got all the facilities requisite for a good trap shoot. The badge presented 

 to our club by Mr. II, Van Widen, of Brooklyn, is creating much inter- 

 est among the members, and is looked upon as a sort of "Flying Dutch- 

 man.'" Every time you see it, it is somewhere else. Yesterday was the 

 firth time 1t has been contested for, and yesterday the fifth different man 

 took it home. Our shoots we hold every four weeks, so four weeks from 

 Thursday last, or November llth.it will be contested for again. We 

 generally, after the regular shoot, wind np with one or two small sweep- 

 stakes, and for pure amateurs at the sport we have considerable fun. I 

 herewith inclose you our score of the regular club- shoot at five birds 

 each, twenty-one yards rise, 1* ounce No. 8 shot, each man to gather his 

 own birds, and as we have some members who count heavy on avoirdu- 

 pois, it is sport in itself lo see them strike a gait for a wounded bird. 

 The ecore is as follows:— 



Wm. A. Dunham 1 1 0—2 



H. Van Widen 1 1 1 0-3 



Sam Livingston 1 11 1—4 



IkeVancise 10 1 1— " 



J . K. Powell 1100 1—3 



Henry Haubt ,.0 1 1 (, 1—3 



C. Colyer. ... 1001 0—2 



Geo. Koroel l i o 1-3 



Dave Storms 1 1 1—3 Geo. Orr ,. 10 1—2 



W. R. Selover 1 1 l-3;Gerrit Bergen "o 10 1-2 



H. Boehme. 1 1— *i 



The above score resulted In the transfer of the badge from Mr. Davey 

 Storms, the previous winner, to Mr. 6. A. Livingston, the Secretary of 

 the club. Yours, etc., IIighh0l:dbr. 

 -*^». . , 



ST. LOUIS GUN CLUB. 



St. Louis, Mo., October 17th, 1875, 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



You have doubtless noticed some account of the arrest and datention 

 of Captain Bogardus in this city, on the 8th inst., at the instance of R- 

 8. McDonald, President of the St. Louis Society for the Prevention of 

 Cruelty to Animals, all on account of the Captain's having given an ex- 

 hibition on that day at the Abbey Race track, to a few friends, of hia 

 abi'ity to shoot twenty- ehjht pigeous in four minutes. He accom- 

 plished the feat in two minutes and forty seconds. 



When Captain Bogardus— who is recognized by persona here who are 

 acquainted with him to have much tenderness of heart towards dumb 

 creatures— indulged in an exhibition of his profession, which he had 

 done hundreds of times before unmolested, the soft-hearted President of 

 the 8. P. C. A. hired a fourteen-year old boy to attend the exhibition, as 

 a spy and informer, and upon this youth's testimony lie swore out a war- 

 rant and had the Captain arrested while at his dinner at the Southern 

 Hotel. Bail was promptly furnished by Mr. John W. Munson, Secretary 

 of the Gun Club. The Captain was put to considerable expense and 

 trouble to be present at his trial. So warmly was his cause espoused by 

 members of the Gun Club that Mr. McDonald asked to have the case 

 dismissed, which was dot.e. With a view to more fully show the Pres- 

 ident how little the members of the club cared for his bluster and threats 

 to arrest every person found shooting pigeons in the city, they deter- 

 mined to hold their last club shoot for this year for the champion gold 

 medal, and invite Captain Bogardus to be present and participate. The 

 shoot was held Tuesday, October 17th, at the club grounds, at Rinkers 

 Six-mile House. There wai quite a gathering of friends of the club 

 members, citizens and reporters. The expectation was that arrests 

 would be attempted, but sueh was not the case. The shoot passed off 

 pleasantly, nothing occurring to interrupt nor mar its enjoyment The 

 following is the result of the shoot for the champion gold medal 'which 

 muBt be shot for twelve times during the year to become t&e property of 

 the person winning it the most times in that number. H. C. Pierce is the 

 present holder. Ten single birds, 21 yards rise, 80 boundary, H & T 

 plnnge traps, tame birds, St. Louis Gun Club rules to gevern:— 



Name. Score. Name. a rnrik 



H. C . Pierce. . ..111111111 1-10 H. P. Wilson. 1 1 1 1 111" 



E. Capelle 1 1 1 1 1 1 0- 6 O. Jeff Clark. 11 001 101117 



T. Bissell 111110 111-8 W.H.Wadsworthl oil 110 1 « 



W. A. Albright..l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- 8 C. M. Williams. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ll | 

 Jno.A.Ringola..01100 11001- 5 E. C. Sterling 10011 tin inn 1 

 Geo. Rinkel....llll llllll 10E. V. Verrief .0 1 1 1 1 1 ?~ i 

 J. B. C. Lucas. .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l-io N. S. Choteau/.O 1 1 1 1 Q 00 t I 



Messrs. Pierce, Lucas and Rinkel having tied on ten birds, moved back 

 to 26 yards and settled the tie with the following score:— 



Pi^ce.. 1 1 1 1 l-5|Lucas ...o I 1 1-% 



Rinkel 1 1 1 0^3| " ,'-.. 



Mr. Pierce having won with fifteen straight birds,, retained the medal 

 After the club match Captain Bogardus shot at twenty birds from two 

 traps set forty yards apart, he standing eqni-distant between them He 

 did yery clean shooting with the following result :— 



Captain A. H. Bogardus....! 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l i i j j j j 1 j_ J9 

 j There is no member of the Gun Club but would gladly assist Mr Mc- 

 Donald to protect dumb animals from cruelty, or to carry out the full 

 intent of the society of which he is president; but they are equally de 

 termined to protect themselves from imposition. Now that the game 

 season is at hand, sportsmen generally are gone, or going, after the fur 

 and feather of forest and field . Many from here are going to the Mem- 

 phis Bhoot and show. We hope to meet you and other Eastern sports- 

 mea there, Respectfully yowrs, g c*& : 



