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of individual exhibitors. The great demands of space will probably 

 render this course necessary to a considerable extent, especially for ex- 

 hibitors who have been tardy in making their applications. In the main 

 Exhibition .Building, for example, 333,300 square feet of space had been 

 applied for by the beginning of October by American exhibitors only, 

 whereas the aggregate space which it has been possible to reserve for the 

 United States Department, is only 160,000 square feet, about one-third of 

 which will be consumed by passage ways. 



The Machinery Building, like the others, is already fully covered by 

 applications. There are about 1,000 American exhibitors in this depart- 

 ment,. 150 English, and 150 from ether European countries— which is 

 about 250 more than entered the Vienna Machinery Exhibition . Extra 

 provision is being made for annexes to accommodate the hydraulic ma- 

 chinery, the steam hammers, forges, hoisting engines, boilers, plumbers, 

 carpenters, etc. 



Power in the machinery ball will be chiefly supplied by a pair of mon- 

 ster Corliss engines. Each cylinder is 40 inches in diameter, with a 

 stroke of 10 feet: tbe fly-wheel is 31 feet in diameter, and weighs 55 tons; 

 thehorse power is 1,400, and the number of boilers is twenty. This en- 

 gine drives about a mile of shafting. - * 



For the Art Exhibition, the most eminent American artists are under- 

 stood to be at work, and it may be confidently stated that, especially in 

 the department of landscape painting, the United States will present a 

 finer display than the pnblic has been lead to expect. Quite aside from 

 the contributions of American artists, applications from abroad call for 

 more than four times the exhibiting space afforded by the great Memo- 

 rial Hall. Provision for the surplus will be made in temporary fire- 

 proof buildings, though all exhibiting nations will be represented in the 

 central Art Gallery. 



The Secretary of the Navy has arranged that a United States war ves- 

 sel shall call next Spring at convenient European ports, to collect and 

 transport hither the Exhibition the works of American artists resident in 

 Europe. Among the ports thus far designated are, Southampton for 

 England, Havre for Fiance, Bremen for Germany, Leghorn for Italy, to 

 which, if decirable, others may be added. 



Mr. Bell, the eminent English sculptor, who designed the groups for 

 the plinth for the. great Albert Memorial in Hyde Park, London, is re- 

 producing in terra cotta. at the celebrated works in Lambeth, the one 

 which symbolizes America. The figures in this group are colossal, cov- 

 ering a ground space of 15 feet square. It will probably be placed in the 

 great central gal'ery, opposite the principal entrance. 



Tne Art Exhibition will include, in addition to the works of contempo- 

 rary artists, representative productions of the past century of American 

 art— those, for instance, of Stuirt, Copley, Trumbull, West, Alston, 

 Sully, Neagle, Elliot, Kensett, Cole. These, as well as the works of- 

 fered by living artists, will be passed upon by the Committee of Selec- 

 tion, who wili visit for the purpose, New York, Boston, Chicago, and 

 o'ber leading cities, in order to prevent the needless transportation to 

 Philadelphia of works of art not up to the standard of admission. 



A large number of orders and fraternities have signified their inten- 

 tion to hold gatherings at Philadelphia during the period of the Exhibi- 

 tion. Among those which may now be enumerated are, the Grand Lodge 

 of Pennsylvania, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; the Grand En- 

 campment, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Grand Lodge, United 

 States, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Grand Commandery, 

 Knights Templar; Grand Army of the Republic; Presbyterian Synod; 

 Caledonian Club; Portland Mechanic Blues: Welsh National Eistedfodd; 

 Patriotic Order Sons of America; California Zouaves, of San Francisco; 

 an International Regatta; the Life Insurance Companies; National 

 Board of Underwriters; State Agricultural Society; Second Infantry N. 

 G. of California; Philadelphia Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church; 

 Cincinnati Society; California Pioneer Society; American Dental Con- 

 vention; Catholic Total Abstinence Union of America; Independent 

 Order of B'nai Berith; National Alumni Association; Salesmen's Asso- 

 ciation; Fifth Maryland Rejment; American Romological Society; 

 Master's Association of the United States; Army of the Cumberland; 

 Humboldt Monument Association; Christopher Columbus Monument 

 Association; Board of Trade Convention; International Typographical 

 Congress; Rifle Association of the United States; Centennial Legion; 

 Phi adelphia County Medical Society; International Medical Congress; 

 old Volunteer Fire Department of Philadelphia. 



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Rev. Mr . MtiRifAY and Deer Killing.-- -We liave ie 



ceived the following letter in relation to a notice printed 



some time since to the effect that Mr. Murray had been 



killing deer illegally:— 



Putnam, Ct., October 24th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



The article in your paper with reference to Rev. W. H. H. Murray's 

 mode of #eer hunting in the Adirondack Mountains is erroneous. In a 

 recent conversation w ith Mr. Murray about the article he stated the fol- 

 lowing to me: In the first place, he never killed but two deer in the 

 water in all his hunting, and those under justifiable circumstances. In 

 regard to his "hounding 1 ' deer, Mr. Murray says he "never" shot a deer 

 before a hound in his life. It has been my privilege to camp in the Adi 

 rondacks many years, and I know nearly all the Long Lake guides who 

 nsnally go with Mr. Murray, and from what they have told me I am sure 

 he has made a truthful statement, and in justice to Mr. Murray the above 

 facte should be made public. E. T. Whitmore. 

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—The impression seems to be gaining ground that minute 

 geogrophical topography in the Arctic regions, and the 

 mere effort to attain very high latitudes, are no longer of 

 superior importance; and that hereafter the efforts of Arc- 

 tic explorers should be chiefly in the direction of a system- 

 atic and careful scientific investigation of the physics and 

 meterology of the region about the pole, and close study 

 of Us botany, zoology, and, geology. To this end stations 

 tor scientific observations at Nova Zembla, Spitzbergen, 

 Greenland, Behring Strait and at the mouth of the Lena 

 hiver, forming a girdle round the North Pole, are pro- 

 posed. ■■ > .f 



—In the report of the Director of the Meteorological Ob- 

 servatory in Central Park, which has lately appeared, Dr. 

 draper discusses the question whether American storms 

 cross the Atlantic to Europe, and decides in the affirma- 

 p 6. Leaving out of view the economical interest con- 

 nected with this fact, it is valuable as a hint to ornitholo- 

 gists in accounting for the number of species of American 

 i5 p rds 7~ upwards of thirty— which have been found in Great 

 j Lritain or on the Continent, and which in many cases have 

 ,; been borne across by gales in the Spring. The reveise fact, 

 ;; .'«uat very few European birds have been found wild on our 

 shores, accords with the other fact that the prevailing winds 

 ^across the Atlantic during the season of the migration of 

 : our birds blow toward the east. 



900 vds. 



1000 vds, 



Total. 



u 



25 



70 



20 



21 



61 



12 



16 



51 



16 



10 



47 



I In Re Turkey.— Whether it be better to die an igno- 

 minious death by decapitation, or fall before the bullet of. 

 jjgwa.e sharpshooter, is to me a question of little moment. 

 | Death loves a shining mark"— and there are laurels for us 

 pn-r&jtibr. Canto the Last 



- u Choke bores" for the Trap, and "Scatter guns" for the 



The Luther Badge,— This— the fifth match— took 



place on Saturday last, notwithstanding the very bad 



weather. Conditions, open to members of the A. R. C. ; 



distances, 800, 900 and 1,000 yards; rounds, 5. There were 



six entries. We append the four best scores, Mr. Geiger 



winning: — 



Name. 800 yds . 



L. Geiger 21 



W. B. Farwell 23 



H. L. Jewell. ..23 



J. Crouch. ..... .21 



Seventy out of seventy-five is strong shooting for Mr. 

 Geiger. 



— The Seventh Regiment Kifie Club competed for the 

 shells at 200 yards. Lieut. J. Amory won them by 19 out 

 of possible 25. 



— The last match of the season will be the contest for the 

 Hepburn trophy next Saturday, at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, 

 fifteen shots at each distance. The competition will be 

 open to all members of the National Rifle Association. 



The Coming Man.— If we have not yet the running deer 

 at least we have the sliding man at Creedmoor. This "now 

 you see it and now you don't" figure made his debut on Sat- 

 urday last at the range. At the 200 yard target there pops 

 out a figure of a man, with a target on his breast, and 

 manipulated by a marker by means of a cord and a rubber 

 band. He appears for a few moments and then vanishes, 

 his presence being restricted to about five seconds. The 

 "coming man" will undoubtedly be a favorite, and will 

 assist in developing rapid firing and the knowledge of how 

 to use the arm of the future — the repeating gun. 



— The committee of gentlemen from the N.R. A. who vis- 

 ited Philadelphia iu regard to the rifle matches to be held 

 on the occasion of the Centennial, do not Teport any posi- 

 tive progress as yet. The visit seems to have been fruit- 

 less, no grouud having been seen that would answer all the 

 requirements. 



The Creedmoor Trophies.— The elegant gilt bronz 

 figure of "America," given by the State of New York for 

 competition at Creedmoor last month, and won by the 

 Seventh Regiment, together with a splendid copy of Cor- 

 tot's "Soldier of Marathon," selected as the first prize in 

 the first Inter-State match, and won by the New York 

 team, may be seen at Tiffany & Co's. The bust of Achilles, 

 offered by Mayor Wickham as the first prize in the Mid- 

 Range match, and won by Mr. A. Anderson, and the silver 

 cup presented by Messrs. Brooks Bros., and won by the 

 Twenty-third Regiment, of Brooklyn, are at the same 

 place. 



— The fourth contest for the Forest and Stream 



badges took place at Conlin's Gallery, No. 980 Broadway, 



on Thursday, Nov. 18th. Conditions — Ten shots, off 



hand, 110 feet; 200 yards target reduced in proportion to 



distance; Wimbledon rules: — 



Name. Score. Total. 



Thos. Lloyd (first badge, beet score) 4 4 5 5 5 '4 4 5 3 5 44 



W. B. Farwell :. 3535553554 43 



Chas. A. Cheever 53 5 5354543 42 



Win. Mosir, .7r 5 5 3 4 4 3 5 4 4 4 41 



A. Marsh, (second badge, average centres). ...5433443554 40 



L. V. Sone 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 5 .39 



Robert Miley. 5 3 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 39 



Wilson MacDonald 4 4 3 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 39 



Chas. Blydenburgh 3 4 5 4 3 15 3 3 4 3S 



M P. Lermon . '. -; 5 3 3 4 5 3 4 4* 3 38 



Frank Hyde i, a o i 4 'i 3 5 •; i 38 



J. O. Wright 5 4 2 4 4 3 13 4 5 38 



C. U. Zeitler 544 3435533 38 



L. C. Bruce 3234435444 .36 



P. W. Pope 4 4 5 3 4 2 4 4 3 3 36 



John Waydell 2 4 3 4 3 5 3 3 4 5 36 



M. W. Dovan 2 55 433 3 3 44 36 



J. B. Blydenburgh 2 5 3 4 5 3 4 4 3 3 36 



C. J. Folmer 223343 4555 36 



A.F.Ferris 2435533254 36 



J. E. Whitley '1. .4 2 5 3 3 4 3 3 5 3 35 



Wm. Klein 5 5 3 3 2 3 5 4 5 35 



J. S. Wright 3 4 3 5 3 3 3 3 4 3 31 



W.J. Dully.... ■ 5 434522432 34 



S. H. Furrel! 3 5 3 5353520 34 



T. C. Banks 3 2 5 5 4 3 5 4 2 33 



J. Van Zmlen 33 3 3333344 32 



D. L. Beckwith 2 2 5 3 4 3 2 3 3 5 32 



R. Strong 0443 52 4253 32 



E. Blacklev, (third badge, average centres) 2 333525322 30 



W. H. DeKay. 3342235322 29 



J. Everhard 3 4 2-3033335 29 



J. McGiensey 3 3 5 2 4 3 2 24 28 



Frederick Backof an . . . . . . 322 3 44 5032 28 



Will Sherwood 3 3 3 3 4 5 2 5 28 



W. O. Saxton 434550000 21 



Charles S. Nelson 000230325 19 



( 'harles J. Blauvelt. 50023003 3 2 18 



F. C. Kunster r .....2 223003 3 22 1? 



James to. Burdon . 2200222050 15 



—The Turf, Field and Farm Cups will be shot for on 

 Thanksgiving day. All are invited to compete. 



J. S. C. 



A New Rifle Gallery. — Mr. Homer Fisher, having ob- 

 tained possession of the old pnenmatic tube, has opened a 

 new rifle gallery at No . 260 Broadway, with a range of 100 

 yards. We have been shown a very handsome challenge 

 badge costing $100, which will be shot fcr the first time 

 on the 8th inst. A down town gallery will be well patron- 

 ised and afford opportunity for more continued practice. 



— Mr. Hellwig, whose shooting gallery is located at No. 

 273 Eighth avenue, offers as prizes for general competition 

 a gold medal, a Remington rifle, and a Colt's revolver, to 

 be shot for every Wednesday evening, commencing on the 

 1st of Dec." The novelty of tbis match is, that it will be 

 shot in a lying position, the target, placed at a distance of 

 eighty feet, being reduced to correspond with the Creed- 

 moor 500 yards range.. 



—The American Rifle Association will celebrate to-day, 

 not only in the graver way, but in a manner both festive 

 and gay. It is proposed that they shall slay the full, fat- 

 bosomed turkey, and combine science and play. At j^l- 

 hamville, then, on Thanksgiving, in addition to the ortho- 

 dox turkey snooty there will be a subscription match, any 



rifle, distance 300 yards, off-hand; prizes, half the entrance 

 fee to be divided between the makers of the three highest 

 scores. All comers' match, any rifle; distance 300 yards, 

 off-hand; prizes four in number, ranging in value from $35 

 to $6. The DrPeyster badge will be contested for the third 

 time this vear; open only- to members of the National 

 Guard; military rifles; distance 300 yards, off-hand. A 

 match will be contested on the same date between Com- 

 pany G, Seventy-first Regiment, and Company B, Twenty- 

 first Regiment. 



MORSEMERE— YONKERS TEAM YS. HUDSON RlVER TEAM. 



— An admirable contest took place on Thursday between 

 teams of six, selected from the Yonkers and Hudson River 

 Rifle Associations. This match, which has been in prepa- 

 ration for some time, was carried into effect on Thursday, 

 Nov. 29th. The Poughkeepsie riflemen had for their chief 

 Col. Bodine, while the Yonkers team was commanded by 

 Col. Ellis. Shooting commenced at noon, each team occu- 

 pying one target. The sky was slightly clouded — not too 

 much so — and though the wind blew across the line of fire, 

 the effects were imperceptible. Both sides had diagrams 

 of the targets to assist them in coaching, and a telegraph 

 wire communicated between the firing point and the tar- 

 gets. The targets were of the Wimbledon pattern, and 

 the marking was rapidly and accurately managed. Of 

 course great interest was centered in the match, as both 

 Messrs. Bodine and Ballard had been connected with the 

 American rifle team in prior International matches. Con- . 

 ditions — Distance, 500 yards; two sighting and twenty 

 scoring shols. Prizes, six gold badges, presented by the 

 citizens of Yonkers to the winning team. 



HUDSON RIViSR TEAM. 



Name. Score. Total. 



Major F. Shonuard.. .. .. .5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5. . .95 



G. L. Morse 5 4 5 4 4 5 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4. .. .92 



J) . Smvth 45344555 34554 5 5 54 55 5. ...90 



H. Quinn ....4 44 3 5545545 3 5544455 4. ...87 



A . H . Jocelyn 4 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 4 2 5 4. .. .83 



L. M.Ballard 5 520 4- 4455345 4 554525 5.. ..81 



Total , . . , 528 



YONKKBS TEAM 



Name. Score. Total. 



T H.Sargent ... 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5. ...94 



Col. Jolm Bodine 4 4 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 1 5 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 5. .. 92 



L. Geiger 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 4 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5. .. .89 



H J. Schroeder 3 4 3 5 3 5 4 3 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 5 5. . . .87 



J. N. Winslow 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5. .. .85 



Lieut. Col. A. F. Liudley . .2 3 4 3 4 5 4 5 4 4 5' 5 5 4 5 5 5 4 4.. . .80 



Total 527 



Yonkers won by the one point. Major Shounand's score 

 — 95 out of a possible 100— is magnificent shooting, though 

 one inner is visible. All the approximating scores are ex- 

 cellent, and notably Mr. Sargent's 94. The ' in Mr. Gei- 

 ger's line of figures aro'e from a shot on the wrong target. 

 The match was an exciting one for the reason that in the 

 tenth shot the Hudson River team led by three, which ad- 

 vantage was afterwards lost. The material for future 

 teams, which will not only shoot very close, but be of last- 

 ing quality, is very evident. 



Goshen.— At Goshen, on the 17th, the American rifle 

 team, who were present at the opening of the What Cheer 

 Range, and who won the silver service, were to have had 

 a contest as to the eni ire ownership of the prize. Owing, 

 however, to the forced absence of three of the gentlemen, 

 the shooting was postponed A match was shot, however, 

 in which members of the Goshen Leather Stocking Club 

 took a hand. Distance, 800 yards; shots, seven. The fol- 

 lowing are the scores: W. B. Farwell, 29; R. C. Coleman 

 28; Gen. Dakin, 27; H. S. Jewell, 23; GMW. Yale, 23; R. 

 R. Murray, 23; L. C. Bruce, 20,. J. W. Booth, 19. At the 

 1,000 yards range— Dakin, 25; Bruce. 21; Jewell, 18; Far- 

 well, 14; Booth, 12; Coleman, 6; Yale, 5. In the match 

 for the Landlord's prize of $50 at, the 200 yards range, in 

 which four m embers of the American rifle team and twelve 

 others contested, C, W. Coleman, the marksman's brother, 

 scored 19 out of a possible 25; R. C. Coleman, second'; 

 Farwell, third; Booth, fourth. A stiff raw wind was blow- 

 ing all day. The attendance of spectators was not large. 



Syracuse.— The good Forty-eighth, of Oswego, who 

 culled the Nevada State badge, have been gathering fresh 

 laurels at Syracuse on the 17th. Teams from the Forty- 

 fourth Battalion of Binghamton, Forty eighth Regiment of 

 Oswego, Fiftieth Battalion of Ithaca, and Fifty-first Regi- 

 ment of Syracuse met and had their contest. It was a 

 storm match in every sense of the word. The wind 

 howled and snorted, and the snow came down in a blind- 

 ing and bewildering manner. Now and then the snow 

 would cease for a moment, when it would rain, and occa- 

 sinally it would snow rain sleet and hail. Conditions- 

 Distances, 200 and 500 yards; five shots at each range; 

 teams of twelve: — 



Average. . 

 29. <6 

 19.08 

 15.67 

 15.41 



If the schoolmaster is wanted abroad, certainly the rifle 

 instructor is. Strange that there are people who do not 

 see the use of rifle ranges. Of course very good excuses 

 can be made for the low scores made by some of the con- 

 testants; but when in 120 shots a trifle less than one-half 

 of these shots hit the target, somebody must want rifle in- 

 struction. Of course all this will be remedied before long. 

 We should advise the rudimentary lessons to be taken in 

 the drill rooms this Winter. The "Forty-eighth Regiment 

 has good stuff in it. Mr. Barnes' 19, 17, 36; Mr. Caralier's 

 14, 21, 35 show good shootin g in a snow storm. 



Massachusetts.— The Massachusetts Militia Rifle As- 

 sociation held its first prize meeting on the new range at 

 South Farmingham on the 16th of Nov. Twenty-three 

 teams of five were in attendance. Conditions— Any State 

 military rifle; 200 yards; five shots. The following are 

 the best scores : — 



Co. C, First Regiment. gl 



Co . B, Second Corps Cadets '"' 75 



Co. ~D, First Corps Cadets .71 



Co. A, Second Corps Cadets 70 



Co. E, Sixth Regiment. qq 



Co. I, Eighth Regiment 'V.l'.Y- -66 



Co. A, Tenth Regiment " fi« 



Co. G, First Regiment... '■. '.'.',['. [ '.]'.'.'.''.'.'.[[['. ",m 



The total scores shot by 115 men was 1,348, avera^m* 

 58.6 per team and 11.6 per man. The Prescott Post team 

 of live were on the ground and made 84. There were 

 three prizes— a cup and two rifles-which were adjudged to 

 the three leading teams, as indicated above. J 



Boston.— In our last issue we gave notice of a meeting 

 of gentlemen in Boston who were desirous of forming 3© 



Regiment. Total. 



Forty-eighth 356 . 



Forty- fonrtn . . 229 



Fifty-first..... ..188 



Fiftieth.... 135 



