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be given to all contributors on tha labels of the articles and in the cata- 

 logues and publications of the Exhibition. 



After the collection referred to has served its purposes at the Interna- 

 tional Exhibition, it will be transported to Washington and form a part 

 of the permanent display of the National Museum, in charge of the 

 Smithsonian Insti'ution, where, as in Philadelphia, proper acknowledg- 

 ments will be made to all who have aided in rendering it complete. 



The more expensive articles will be received as a loan, should they be 

 deemed important to the Exhibition, to be afterwards returned; but it 

 is expected that, as far as possible, all specimens will be presented, so 

 that they may form part of the permanent display at Washington. 



Specimens may be sent by express or mail; or, if in large bulk, by 

 rai'road con eyance. Their transportation will be paid on receipt in 

 Washington, to wlrch place they should be forwarded, addressed to the 

 Smithsonian Institution, and marked "International Exhibition, 1876," 

 and with the name and address of sender. Joseph Henry, 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 



GAME PROTECTION. 



We are constantly in receipt of complaints to the elTect 

 that in localities where game would otherwise be abundant 

 the birds are completely destroyed by snaring and trap- 

 ping. In Massachusetts, during a certain season, trapping 

 or netting is permitted on one's own premises, a section of 

 the law which, we trust, will soon be abrogated. The 

 most flagrant violation of the law in this Slate is the one 

 referred to in the letter which we publish below:— 



Summit Lake House, Orange county, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



I send you herewith a paragiaph cut from the New York Commercial 

 Advertiser, which must excite ths indignation of all true sportsmen, 

 and should arouse them to enforce a law which now seems a dead letter. 

 Unquestionably birds will soon be a thing of the past in many localities 

 if thesa wretched game sneak thieves arc permitted to go "unwhipt of 

 justice." In this part of tee country, some ten miles distant from West 

 Point, the place mentioned in the paragraph, great havoc has been made 

 among the partridges this season by trapping with the figure 4 "dead 

 falls " Two hundred dozen seem an extraordinary number, but a very 

 probable success in an unfrequented district witn such a wholesale 

 method as the horse hair snare. 



It is reported that two men were caught iu flagrante alilectu at Cedar 

 Lake, and are now in jail at Haverstraw, but it remains to be seen whether 

 the punishment that the law specifies, and which they so richly deserve, 

 will be iKflicted. It scarcely (-peaks well for a respectable paper to pub- 

 lish such a transaction in terms of commendation. That such a wretch 

 should be dubbed a Nimrod! What a base application of a mighty 

 name! As well applaud the adroit pickpocket, the expert, cracksman, 

 and offer a premium to ail the petty rascalities from which communities 

 suffer. But this was probably written through ignorance. Sportsmen 

 have too Ion? stood idly by and seen themselves robbed of their privi- 

 leges. Steps cannot be taken too soon to prevent the rapid extermina- 

 tion of the game of tlife country by the cunning devices of these Nim- 

 rods. Yours, etc., Elisha Stockdridge. 



The paragraph referred to is as follows : 



Gkand Sport in the Highlands — An experienced 

 JJHmrod hailing from these parts, has been spending the 

 last few days in the Highlands, back of West Point, catch- 

 ing partridges, or " pheasants," as they are called out West, 

 and he has extraordinary luck. He sets snares made of 

 horse hair in the runways of these birds, ana occasionally 

 revisiting them with a bag, takes out as many birds as he 

 can well carry. Many a luckless rabbit gets caught in the 

 same way, but is thrown out as not worth bringing to mar- 

 ket. For want of better occupation, the sportsman referred 

 to sends his birds to the neighboring towns and to Wash- 

 ington Market, often putting forty or fifty pairs in a single 

 lot". He says his receipts from this source average $7 a day, 

 not to speak of a comfortable subsistence obtained on the 

 spot. His captures already number a few hundred dozen. 

 Partridges are reported more plenty back of West Point 

 than before for many years. 



WmvEsnAiuiB, Perm., October 26th 1875, 

 Edit on Forest and Stream:— 



Luzerne county, Penn., has organized a sportsmen's club for the pres- 

 ervation of game and fish, to be known as "The Luzerne County Sports- 

 men's Association, 11 and held their first regular meeting October 25th, 

 1875, when they adopted their constitution and by-laws. At this, our 

 first meeting there were thirty names signed to the constitution, and we 

 confidently anticipate at our next meeting to more than double this num- 

 ber. The officers elected were— President. H. H. Derr; Vice President, 

 William B Mann; Clerk, Ben. P. Dorrauce; Treasurer, S Ayres; Coun- 

 sel, Gen. W. H. McCartney; Directors, Dr. J. B Crawford, II. C. Gates, 

 Col. H A. Lay cock, C. Leonard, W. J. Harvey, W. L. Loomis, George 

 H. Parrish, Jno. Lanning, A. Miller, J. M. Courtright. Our object in 

 making this a county association is to draw in as members farmers, lum- 

 bermen and others residing in the county and among the mountains, 

 where peopls are in the habit of trapping pheasants, quail, and other 

 small game, and, when a clear case can be made against them, to prose- 

 cute them to i he full extent of the law. G. 



No estimate can be placed upon the great good that can 

 be accomplished in the direction aimed at. Clubs that 

 ■will eulist the sympathy and co operation of farmers and 

 mountain men are greatly needed. Much missionary work 

 remains to be doue among these classes. 



Shrewsbury, October 80th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I am sorry to record a violation of our game law in the killing of a pair 

 of quail by one of our residents, who, before he cast his lot among us, 

 signed his name to an article he wrote, and which was published in one 

 of the leading sporting papers— "Tnat I am to be a permanent resident 

 of Eed Bank in a short time, and if any violations of our game laws 

 come under my notice they will be strictly dealt with, or my name is 



not ." It is not a pleasant task to complain of those with whom 



your relations have always been friendly, but when a man makes such 

 professions as the above, and carries a gun with him during the clost. 

 season when he fakes out his dog (that he has owned aud shot over a 

 year ago)U.o try on quail, and shoots them, I believe it to be a duty to re- 

 port the fact, and am more than half of the opinion that it is false deli- 

 cacy in not mentioning his name. This is the only case of violation I 

 am aware of, and that in a section where there is but little, -if any, appre- 

 ciation of sport for sport's sake; but on the contrary, it may be said it 

 is the headquarters of market shooters and pothunters. However, to 

 give credit where credit is due, the close season is well observed, and 

 poaching discountenanced. Check Cord. 



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Gentlemen Pot 1-Itjters.— The Easton Free Press com- 

 plains that men of intelligence, position, and means living 

 in that place and professing to be sportsmen, have been 

 shooting quail before the expiration of the close season, 

 and adds that there are enough sportsmen interested in the 

 maintenance of the game laws to bring these vandals to 

 judgment. They should certainly be made examples of, 



and doubtless would be, if evidence could be brought 

 against them. Justice should be swift, and in this instance 

 no mercy should temper it, as, if the laws are broken by 

 men of position, others in humbler spheres of life will find 

 in it an excuse for like violation. That all the pot hunters 

 do not escape, is shown from the instance narrated below, 

 which we find in the German town Telegraph: — 



"It; was two men, ominously named Samuel Hunter and 

 James McKill, who loaded their little guns, and meandeied 

 out on Friday to play sad havoc with the feathery tribe. 

 It was at Torrcsdale, within the limits of this city, where 

 they banged away at robins and sparrows. It was six, the 

 number of birds they had bagged, when Daniel Snyder 

 had them arrested for violating the game laws. They con- 

 tributed $84.50 to the State, being about five dollars for 

 each bird, and the costs, and left with their high priced 

 game in their garments." 



Tennessee State Sportsmen's Association. — We had 

 lipped in this issue to have given our readers the result of 

 the Field Trials held last week at Memphis, but up to the 

 lime of going to press a full report had not reached us. The 

 pigeon shooting on the 25th and 20th resulted as follows: — 



In the first match, for a purse of $1,000, $20 entrance, 50 

 to fill, or pro rata class shooting, ten single birds, $350 to 

 the first, $250 to the second, $175 to the third, $135 to the 

 fourth, $100 to the fifth, there were 84 entries. F. J. 

 South, of Frankfort, Ky. ; S. S. Terr ill and W. R Wilcox, 

 of Chicago, made clean scores, but in shooting off, South 

 won first money; Dr. D. D. Saunders, of Memphis, won 

 second money. Charles Leland, of Memphis, and F.J. 

 Perkins, of Franklin, Term., divided the third money, af- 

 ter tying each other twice. Horace McNeely won the 

 fourth, and II. C. Pierce, of St. Louis, the fifth. 



The second match, for a purse of $500, in whieh'there 

 were 3% entries, concluded thus. K. V. Pearson, of Mis- 

 sissippi; F. J. South, of Ky. ; J. II. Acklin, Dr. D. D. 

 Saunders, of Memphis; If. VV. Sherman, of Wis.; and G. 

 D. Hunter, of Elkhart, 111., made clean scores, 



In the shooting on the second day, for a purse of $500, 

 continued from the day before, the first money was won by 

 J. H. Acklin, the second by Horace McGeely (both of Mem- 

 phis), the third by S. H. Terrill, the fourth by J. F. We- 

 hol, (both of Chicago), and the fifth by Charles Leland, of 

 Memphis. 



In the match for a purse of $1,000, $20 entrance, and 50 

 to fill, or pro rata, there were B0 entries. The first money 

 was won by J. II. Acklin, of Memphis; the second by II. 

 N. Sherman, of Wisconsin-; the third by T. J. South, of 

 Ky. ; the fourth by Church, of Ky. ; and 'he fifth by 

 Clinker, of 111. The sweepstakes were also won by Sher- 

 man. 



In the bench show of field dogs, premiums were award- 

 ed as follows: English setters, best dog, 1st, to L. Smith, 

 of Canada, dog Leicester; second, J. II. Whitman, Chica- 

 go, dog Grouse. Best bitch, T. H. Smith's Victress; best 

 pup, J.H. Whitman's Count, Gordon setter, best dog, 

 Edmund R. Gill, of N. Y., Kip. Best bitch, Dr. Thorn- 

 ton, of Lexington, Ky., Mot. Best pup, T. M. Horsfall, 

 of Ark Rock, 'Irish. Setters, best clog, Arnold Bnrge", of 

 Maysville, Ky., Rufus. Best bitch, J. H. Whitman, of 

 Chicago, Gypsey. Sweepstake, L. II. Smith's Paris. Point- 

 er,-;, J. M. Taylor took first and second for best dog; Chas. 

 Miller, of Memphis, Fanny, as best bitch, and Arthur 

 Gibson, of Memphis, Socks, as best pup. 



Florida.— Rev. E. Vanslycke and Mr. Thomas Gum- 

 ming, of Stamford, Conn., sailed on Saturday last for 

 Jacksonville, Fla. They travel for health and recreation, 

 having taken with them the yacht Startle, purchased t x- 

 pressly for sailing in Florida waters. It is their intention 

 to navigate with her the Upper St. Johns River to Lake 

 Harney and Sail Lake, and Indian and Halifax Rivers, from 

 Mosquito Inlet to Jupiter Inlet, and the Everglades. The 

 Startle— which is enrolled in the Atlantic Yacht Club, of 

 Brooklyn, and carries their flag— measures 25 feet in length, 

 6 feet beam, and draws 6 inches of water in ballast, and is 

 thoroughly fitted out for yachting and camp life in Flor- 

 ida. She was dispatched on Wednesday fortnight by 

 schooner for Jacksonville. We hope to lay before our 

 readers the results of the trip. 



National Guard Match for the Nevada Badge. — 

 Creedmoor, Friday, Oct. 2Qth — This trophy was given by the 

 National Guard of Virginia City, Nevada, to be shot for 

 by the National Guard of the State of New York. The 

 badge is a splendid one, made of gold, silver and platina, 

 and is valued at $1,000. Conditions, open to companies of 

 the National Guard State of New York; not less that 46 

 members in each company to shoot, and as many above 

 that number as the commander may see fit to bring into 

 the field; no competitor to shoot who is not an active mem- 

 ber of the competing company; distances, 200 and 500 

 yards; five scoring and two sighting shots at each range; 

 position, standing at 200, and any without artificial rest at 

 500 yards; weapon, the regulation arm used by the State 

 National Guard, the winning company to hold the badge 

 for one year; the records of the company to be made pub- 

 lic through the press; the company making the best aver- 

 age shooting to be the winner. 



Col. Wingate superintended the shooting. There were 

 but live entries of companies for the match. These were: 

 Co. I, Seventh Regiment; Captain Casey in command; Co. 

 PI, Seventh Regiment, Lieut. Nicolls; Co. A, Seventy-third 

 Regiment, Captain Storey; Co. G, Forty-eighth Regiment, 

 (Oswego) Captain Curtiss, and Captain Perry's company of 

 the Forty-eighth (Brooklyn) Regiment. We give the scores 

 as far as completed: — 



I Company, Seventh Regiment— Forty-six men; total 

 number of points made, 866; average points per man, 18 

 8846; average points per shot, 1.882. H Company, Seventh 



Regiment — Forty-six men; total number of points, o, 

 erage points per man, 18 2-46; average points per shot 

 1.804. Captain Perry's company, Forty-seventh Ihgiment 

 —Forty-six men; total number of points, 718; average 

 points per man, 15 28 46; average points per shot, 1.560 

 A Company, Twenty-third Regiment — Forty-one men- to- 

 tal number of points, 664; average points per man, 16 8-41- 

 average points per shot, 1.619. 



The highest individual scores in each company arc- 

 Sergeant LeBoutillier, H Company, Seventh Regiment 41 . 

 C. A. Coffin, Twenty-third Regiment, 84; Private A.. Dom' 

 inick, I Company, Seventh Regiment, 88; Private S. E 

 Cjndan, Forty-re venth Regiment, 36. 



The telegraph reported the shooting of Co. A, Forty. 

 eighth Regiment as giving the unprecedented average of 

 27 9.10! As 866 was made by Company I, Seventh Ueg\- 

 ment, who are by no means what are called in the classic 

 language of the range, "duffers," the 1,283 claimed by the 

 Oswego regiment, or a beat of 417 points, is indeed re- 

 markable. It is an average of 27 9-10 per man. Evidently 

 the Forty-eighth of Oswego have improved since they shot 

 at Creedmoor some few weeks ago. Perhaps the telegraph 

 operators may be in error. If there are no mistakes, how- 

 ever, we should only be too glad to herald the triumph of 

 the Forty-eighth. 



Conlin's. — The first competition for the handsome cup 

 presented by the Turf, Field and Farm,- was shot at Con* 

 lin's Gallery, No. 930 Broadway, on Thursday evening last. 

 The conditions were the same as those under which the 

 Forest and Stream Badges are shot for, viz: 110 feet, 10 

 shots each at Wimbledon targets, reduced to correspond 

 with those used at the 200 yards range, the prizes being so 

 divided as to give even the less f-killful shots a chance to 

 win one. Each shooter is provided with a score card, 

 which contains also a miniature representation of the tar- 

 get made. The following are the scores.— 

 Name. Score. jVa..e. Score, 



Robert Faber, (1st cupl .41 1 Thomas Lloyd 33 



W. B. Farwell 40 J. B Blydenhur? 81 



T. C. Noone 39 J. O. Wright..,. 34 



G. W. Smith 39jBoberr, Miley 3t 



Fred Kesslar 39 H. G. Tail be 34 



M. P. Lennon 38 



T. Hofstatter H8 



Frank H. Lord 38 



Walter Campbell V, 



R. Offlev -. 33 



C. E. Bhrknbunr 33 



William Moser, Jr ' 3S|J. MCGIensev. . .7 31 



L. V". Sone 37J William J. Sherwood 31 



William Klein 37 J. D . Hester 10 



L. O. Bruce ..37;M. W. Doran ....30 



Fn d Hyde 37 .1. Woodward 27 



A. Marsh ;. 37 H. Fisher 20 



Cnaries A. Cheever '. . 37jJ. Burns, (3d cup) '35 



Robert McFeeley -. 3G|rm> Glenney U 



D. L. Beckwith 86!Gkwge Blank, Jr Sfcl 



N. G. D ully, (2d cup) 35 H. B. Armstrong 17 



A. Hofst alter 35 JC E. Preecot lfi 



H. D. Blydenburg 35! L. A. Ludwig. 16 



The »Foiiest and Stream Badges will be shot for on 

 Thursday, Nov. 4lh, and the Turf, Field and Farm Cups 

 on the following Thursday — Nov. 11th. 



Ameiuoax Rifle Association. —The new range of this 

 association was opened on Wednesday. Glendrake is situ- 

 ated about a mile from the Pelhamville railroad depot, in 

 Westchester county, some fifteen miles from New York. 

 Two third-class targets were in use on Wednesday. The 

 feature iu Wednesdays proceedings was a review and in- 

 spection of the Twenty-seventh Regiment (infantry) of the 

 Seventh Brigade, Fifth Division, ' N. G S. K. Y., after 

 winch the President Col. J. T. Underbill, and Capt. J. "W. 

 Woodward proceeded to the 200 yard tiring point, and form- 

 ally opened the range, Col. Underbill making a centre, 

 Capt. Woodward scoring a bullseye. The first match was 

 for a badge to best score of any member of 27th Regiment, 

 Seven shots at 200 and 500 yards; won by Capt. McGow- 

 an, Co. K., in a score 24, 14, making a total of §8. 

 . On Thursday the second day's meeting took place. 

 The first contest was a subscription match. The win- 

 ners were — Lieut. Ilofele, 20 points; John Gorham, 18; H. 

 Fisher, 18. The prizes in the subscription match at 500 

 yards were won by II. Fisher; 23; Lieut, Hofele, 18; John 

 Gorham, 18. The Ladies Match was won by A. W. Peck, 

 on a score of 22; G. O. Starr took the second prize with 17 

 points, and Capt, E. Cardoze came in third on a score of 

 10 points. 



On Saturday, in the very worst weather, the last day's 

 shooting at Glen Drake range took place. The Pej'ster, Ad- 

 comers and Subscription matches were contested for. New 

 Wimbledon targets were used with Creedmoor disks. The 

 following are the winning scores; distance in all the 

 matches, 800 yards; position, standing:— 



JJE PEYSTEB BADGE. 



Lieut. J. A. Gee 4 4 8 4 4 4.... 23 



AIE COMERS MATCH. 



J. L. Price 4 3 4 3 4 4 3. ...35 



J. Mallov 3 5 4 4 3 4 %.... 25 



J. Holland 4 5 3 3 4 4. ...23 



SUBSCRIPTION MATCH. 



* J. L. Price ....5 4 4 4 i. ...21 



J. B. Holland 2 4 4 3 5 — 18 



H. Fisher .. ....2 3 4 4 4....1' 



The targets in use were of canvas, worked, upon the 

 same plan as they are at Wimbledon, but simplified a good 

 deal. Their merits were displayed to good advantage on 

 Saturday when the matches were carried on in spite o 

 a driving rain. The more the rain beat upon them the 

 whiter they looked. At Creedmoor the whitewash would 

 have been washed off the iron target. Another new fea- 

 ture upon the range was the telegraph; it worked admira- 

 bly, messages were sent over the wires, when necessary, 

 saving much trouble and time. It is the first which has 

 ever been used on any range. It was erected be Lieut, br 

 H. Thompson. Mr. E. W. Starr -as. Chief Telegrapher, 

 and his assistants were Messrs. Rich and Uuderhin, 

 Thompson's Manhattan Telegraph Institute. 



On Saturday next the second competition for the Item* 

 ington Sewing Macfiine takes place, and also a match 



