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FOREST AND STREAM. 



association for practice with the rifle. The committee, of 

 whom Dr. Hazleton and C. A. Sawyer, Esq., are members, 

 have reported progress, and there is every reason to sup- 

 pose that next year, as soon as Spring opens, Boston will 

 not be without a rifle range. As it is, a preliminary match 

 was held thi* week, at Spy Pond, perhaps to see what it 

 was like. There are now forty names registered, a book 

 having been opened for that purpose at the office of Messrs. 

 Remingtons, No. 146 Tremont street. The rifle move- 

 ment in Boston, is in energetic hands, and will certainly 

 result in the establishment of a range . 



—The fourth competition for the Hamilton, Rowe & Co. 

 badge, by the Chicago Rifle club, took place at their range 

 at South Park, on Saturday, Nov. 13th. The weather was 

 very unpleasant, the wind blowing a gale, consequently the 

 'entries were very few and the attendance light. The badge 

 T was won by Capt. Shaffer, he making the highest score. 

 The second prize — a life membership — was won by Mr. M. 

 W. Lyman, he making the second highest score. Condi- 

 tions, two sighting and seven scoring shots; distance, 500 

 yards : — 



Name. Total. 



J. A.'Shaffer 31 



M. W. Lyman 26 



S. W. Burnham.,.., 25 



C. B. Prouty.... 22 j Walter Burnham 



H. G. Howe.......... SI I 



Ingersoll Rifle Association, Canada. — Our valued 

 correspondent, "Shooter," so well known as a leading Ca- 

 nadian rifleman, sends us the following: "The annual 

 matches of the Ingersoll Rifle Association .came off on 

 Wednesday of lasr, week and the following day, at the 

 ranges on Hyslip's Farm. The day was anything but fa- 

 vorable for good shooting, it being cold, and opening in 

 the morning with a snow storm, which made the target al- 

 most invisible at 200 yards. As a consequence no very 

 large scores were made The matches were, however, a 

 success in every way. The gentlemen of the Ingersoll As- 

 sociation have the knack of managing their matches well, 

 and make them very pleasant for all who attend. Some 

 •eighty competitors entered in matches 1 and 2. It will be 

 remembered that the Hamilton team had the honor of 

 winning the Association Cup at the matches la^t year, but 

 which bad to be won two consecutive years before becom- 

 ing ihe property of the winners. This year they won the 

 •cup again, which now belongs to them. The following are 

 :the scores of the winners: — 



Tirst match— 200 and 300 yards; five shots at each range; jopen to all; 

 irifle, Snider Enfield. 



Name. Total. 



T. D . Williams .19 



J. B Bradwell 19 



T. Bradwell .15 



7 



Name. Score. 



"Private Murison 34 



Sergeant D. Mitchell 34 



Private A . Willis 33 



•Captain J. J.Mason 33 



Ensign James Adam 33 



-F. Bradley. 33 



Sergeant Gordon 32 



•Lieutenant Armstrong 32 



Captain Morden 31 



E, D. Lewis 31 



Second match— 400 and 600 yards; five shots at each range; open to all; 

 Snider rifle. ' 



Name. Score. 



Name. Score. 



Captain Stephenson 31 



H. E. Jones 31 



W. Kobertson 31 



W. Cruit 31 



Lieutenant Choate 30 



R. ^. Woodcock 30 



Captain Brown 30 



Captain Gibson 30 



Private Fish 29 



John Thorn 29 



Sergeant D. Mitchell 35 



W. Cruit. 29 



Ensign James Adam 29 



W. Robertson 28 



Lieutenant Laing 28 



Lieutenant Armstrong 27 



N. Killihan 27 



Colonel Attwood 26 



Private Mummery 26 



Private Willis 26 



Name. Score. 



C. Johnston 26 



Captain Morden 26 



Lieutenant Thorn 26 



G. Galloway 24 



Sergeant Gordon .23 



Private Murison 22 



Corporal T. Mitchell 22 



Sergeant Taylor 21 



Dr . Kerns 21 



S. Bradley 20 



Third match— 200 and 4o0 yards; confined to members of the County 

 of Oxford. 



Name. Score. 



Lieutenant Laing 36 



Captain Brown 35 



Se'geant Gordon 34 



Captain Ellis 32 



Dr. Kerns 32 



R. A. Woodcock 31 



E, B. Lewis 30 



G. Galloway 30 



James L. Grant .30 



Fourth match— Association match; 200, 300, and 600 yards; five com- 

 petitors from each association; five shots at each range; Snider Enfield. 



Name. Score. 



H.F. Jones 28 



Captain Williamson 26 



John Greenlees 25 



W. H.Hoare 23 



Lieutenant Galbraith 23 



Mathew Day 21 



Benjamin Minkler 21 



A.W.Grant.... 20 



Name. Score. 



Thirteenth Battalion 203 



Any Rifle Association 193 



Name. Score. 



» Twenty- sixth Battalion 183 



; Ingersoll Rifle Association 171 



Highest Individual Aggregates. 

 Name. Score.! Name. Score. 



Sergeant Mitchell 691 Lieutenant Armstrong 59 



Ensign James Adam 62 W. Robertson 59 



W. uruit. 60| 



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GAME IN SEASON IN NOVEMBER. 



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Moose, Alee Americanus. Woodcock, Philohela minor. 



Elk or Wapisi, Cervtis Canadensis. Plovers, CJwradriince. 



Red Deer, Cervus Virgiuianm. Willets, Symp hernia semipalmata 



Caribou, Rangifer caribou. Snipe, Godwits, Curlews, and Bay 



Hares, Levorinm. Birds, Scolopacidce. 



Squirrels, Sciurince. Sandpiper, TringcE. 



Wild Turkey, Meleagris gallopavo. Reed or Rice Birds, Dolichonyx oryz- 



Ruffed Grouse, Bonasa iimbellus. vorus. 



Pinnated Grouse, Capidonia cupido.Wild Ducks, Anatince. 



Quail, Ortyx Virginianus. ___^___ 



Game m Market.— Game of all descriptions, if we ex- 

 cept wild fowl, continue scarce. Ruffed grouse are worth 

 from $1.38 to $1.50, the few in market coming principally 

 from Connecticut. Pinnated grouse have also advanced 

 in price and are had at the same figures. Quail are worth 

 $8.25 to $3.50 per dozen; woodcock, 90 Cents to $1 per 

 pair- the flight, however, has passed South. There are no 

 English snipe in market. Canvas-back ducks are worth 

 $1.75 to $2 per pair; red-heads, 75 cents to $1; mallards, 

 $lto $1.25; widgeons, 75 cents; black ducks, $1; teal, 

 75 cents; brant, $1.25 to $1.50; geese, 75 cents to $1.25 

 each; rabbits, 65 cents per pair; venison, 30 cents per 

 pound. 



Furs, and Skins .—-The season for American Raw Furs 

 and Skins does not open with very favorable prospects, as 

 the Fall foreign sales brought large losses to our shippers, 

 and the German markets hold laige stocks unsold. For 

 home consumption the demand promises to be limited, and 

 dealers»must look abroad for a market. For mink, especi- 

 ally Western and Southern grades, there is no hopes of im* 

 pr0Y§sa©»tj oulv ih© choice grades of £Tew Yoirk, Eastern 



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and Canada skins will find a ready market. All the 

 poorer qualities of furs have been neglected in Europe, 

 and large stocks held over. For the following quotations, 

 which represent prime skins only, we are indebted to 

 Messrs. C. G. Gunther's Sons of this city, who will here- 

 after furnish us with semi-monthly quotations: — 



FROM C. G. GUNTHER'S SONS. 



BEAR— Northern, arcording to size and quality, prime $10 O0a$15 00 



Southern and Northern yearlings, prime 5 00 a 10 00 



BEAVER— Northern, per skin, parchment, according to 



size and color. 2 50 a 



Western, according to size and color, prime 1 50 a 



Southern, and ordinary, per skin, according to size, 



prime '. 50 a 



BADGER— Prime 20 a 



CAT— Wild, Northern and Eastern States, cased, prime.. . 50 a 



Wild, Southern and Western, prime..... 40 a 



House, ordinary, if large, prime 05 a 



House, black, furred, prime 15 a 



FISHEK— Northern and Eastern, according to size and 



color, prime 7 00 a 12 00 



Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Western, ditto, prime 5 00 a 8 00 



Southern, ditto, prime 3 00 a 5 00 



FOX--Silver, ditto. prime. 15 00 a 50 00 



Cross, Northern and Eastern, ditto, prime 3 00 a 5 00 



Red, Northern and Eastern, ditto, prime 1 50 a 



Red, S. Penn , N. J., and N. Ohio, ditto prime 1 25 a 



Red, Southern and Western, ditto, prime 75 a 



Grey, Northern and Eastern, cased, ditto, prime 7C a 



Grey, Southern and Western, ditto, prime 50 a 



Grey, Southern and Western, ditto, open, prime 40 a 



Kitt, ditto, prime 30 a 



LYNX-Ditto, prime 100 a 



MARTIN— States, ditto, prime 150 a 



MINK— New York and New England, ditto, prime 3 00 a 



Canada, Michigan, and Minnesota, ditto, prime 2 00 a 



S. New York, N. J., Penn., and Ohio, ditto, prime. . 1 00 a 



Md., Va., Ky., Intl., Wis., and Iowa, ditto, prime. . . 75 a 



Missouri, and all Southern, ditto, prime 50 a 



MTJSKRAT— N. New York, and Eastern. Spring I/O a 



Western, including Penn. and Ohio, Spring 00 a 



Northern and Eastern, Pall and Winter 23 a 



Western, including Penn. and Ohio, Winter u 20 a 



Southern, prime. 15 a 



Southern, Winter and Fall.. 12 a 



OTTER— Northern. Eastern, and Northwestern, according 



to size and color, prime 10 00 a 12 00 



Penn., N. J., Ohio, and Western, prime 8 00 a 10 0l) 



Ky., Md., Na., Kansas, and vicinity, prime 6 00 a 8 00 



North Carolina, prime 4 00 a 6 00 



South Carolina and Georgia, prime 2 00 a 4 00 



OPOSSUM— Northern, ca?ed, prime 18 a 



Southern and open Northern, prime 12 a 



RACCOON- -Mich., N. Ind., N. Ohio, Indian handled, 



dark, according to size and color, prime 80 a 



111., Iowa Wis., and Minn., prime 50 a 



New York and Eastern States and N. Penn. , prime. . 65 a 



N. J., S. Penn., 111., Mo., Neb. and Kan., prime. .. 40 a 



Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky and Tenn., prime 30 a 



N. and S. Car.. Ga., Ark., Florida and Ala., prime. 15 a 



x RABBITS —Prime cased 02 a 



SKUNKS -Prime black, I . , cased 00 a 



Prime black, I., open 000a 



Prime black, $ white streak, IT., cased 00 a 



Prime black, $ white streak, II.. open (X) a 



Prime whole streaked III. and IV 15 a 



Prime scabs 00a 



WOLF SKINS— Mountain, large 200a 



Prairie, average age, prime skins 75 a 



' — The agent of Mr. J. D. Dougall of London, manufac- 

 turer of the well-known "Dougall gun," is now in this 

 city, and can be found daily, except Saturdays, from 2 un- 

 til 5 o'clock, at the store of Messrs. Abbey & Imbrie, No. 

 48 Maiden Lane, where a number of specimen guns will 

 be on view. 



—The Babylon, Long Island, Signal complains that fire 

 hunting ducks is constantly practiced in the bay opposite 

 that town. The process consists of going on the roosting 

 grounds at night with a light in the bow of the boat, which 

 dazzles the eyes of the "birds, and the gunner can come 

 close upon them before they are aware of his approach. 

 In this way large numbers of birds are annually killed, and 

 those not taken are driven from the bay, it being a natural 

 instinct with the wild fowl to give a wide berth to waters 

 where they are disturbed at night. The law is very severe 

 against this practice, imposing a fine, we believe, of $25 

 for each off ense . We hope to see this just provision of 

 the law rigidly kept in force during the present shooting 

 season. 



—The Harrisburg Patriot says that at Cove Forge, Perry 

 county, located about a mile and a half below Duncannon, 

 two wild turkeys were recently captured while floundering 

 in the river near the Perry county shore. The Susquehanna 

 is about a mile wide at the above point, and the turkeys in 

 undertaking the flight from the Dauphin county to the 

 Perry county side of the river gave out and were easily 

 captured. 



—Messrs. Ditmas, E. H. Madison, and P. H. Duffy re- 

 turned last Friday from a pretty successful trip to Pike 

 county, in ti e neighborhood of Blooming Grove Park. 

 They brought backbone deer, the result of Mr. Madison's 

 skill with the gun, besides some thirty-five ruffed grouse, 

 rabbits, etc. The cold weather has set in pretty severely in 

 Pike county, and the lakes will soon be bound in their 

 frozen fetters and then good bye sport for this year. The 

 open time for shooting deer in Pike county ends Dec. 1st. 



Deer shooting is now good at Cape Cod, and venison 



from that section is constantly served at the restaurant of 

 Messenger Brothers, in Boston. 



—A correspondent residing in North Adams, Mass., sends 

 us an account of the killing of a large bear near East 

 Pownall that has been for some time committing depreda- 

 tions upon the sheep folds in the vicinity. The brute was 

 cornered in a large ledge of rocks, and died facing the 

 enemy no less than twenty-one rifle balls having' been 

 fired into his head and shoulders before he succumbed. He 

 weighed 400 pounds. The hunters are in search of two 

 more of the same tribe that are known to have been com- 

 rades of this one. 



—Several Philadelphians and residents of New Jersey 

 brought fair bags of quail last week from the vicinity of 

 Cape May but all complain of the traps that are set in all 

 directions! Billy Young, of Philadelphia, had his setter 

 hung up by the hind leg three times in a single day. 



Capt. Bogardtjs and the St. Louis S. P. C. A.— It was 

 supposed that the prosecution of the champion wing shot 

 of the world for giving an exhibition of his skill at killing 

 pigeons at St. Louis had been allowed to drop, but such it 

 seems was not the case. On the 15th inst. the case was 

 called in the Court of Criminal Correction and Capt . Bo- 

 gardns put on trial. The Judge charged that the killing 



fis unnecessary and cruel, and Capt. Bogardus was fined 

 The St. Louis Sportsman's Club were represented by 

 GQuiigel m% &e case appealed to a, higher co\iyt fll go it vet 



remains to be seen whether or not this was a viotory for 

 Mr. MacDonald's association. 



—A Nova Scotia correspondent writes: "Everybody, In- 

 dians included, concur in asserting that, for fishing and 

 shooting, the season has been, and is, the most meagre 

 known in Nova Scotia for forty years. " ' » 



Massachusetts. — Salem, Nov. 21st. — Ffly-seven geese 

 went south Friday. They were quite low; shot a pair of 

 sheldrakes last Wednesday, the first this season. Whistlers 

 or golden eyes are along. No dippers yet; some coots' 

 yet left. Loons and other divers seem to be scarce. About 

 loons, you say "it is an unusual feat to kill them with shot." 

 Now I would say that I have shot a number of them, and 

 always with shot and nothing over No. 4, and usually No: 

 6 or 8. My best string was in Nov. '72, when I shot fivej 

 exceeding fifty-four pounds in weight, and one of them 

 was shot at by others five times before I fired, at Boa's 

 Head, N. H. The killing of loons, as they fly over, is 

 counted a regular thing in the Fall of the year. I think 

 you will find at least on our eastern sea-board that certainly 

 as many loons are killed with shot as with ball. In look- 

 ing over these lines you may say I use rather small shot, 

 but I tell you, take No. 6, backed up right, and they will 

 "tangle a bird up nasty" most anywhere inside of forty 

 yards, and often farther with close shooting guns held 

 right. A friend killed a lone winter yellow-leg last week 

 and saw a black-breaster; these are probably birds that 

 have been hurl, and so stop later. Also have to report a 

 chicken-bill rail with one wing shot off close and healed 

 over; said bird was caught with an eel spear, and was very 

 fat. Sportsmen about here are disgusted with the quail. 

 Woodcock gone, snipe ditto; partridge are here, nine out of 

 nine shots being lately shot at Rowley by a friend. How 

 is that? Rabbits are scarce. Teal. 



New York. — Malone, Franklin Co., JSfov. 19. — A son of 

 Mr. W . R. Jones, of this village, was the hero of quite an 

 exciting adventure, occurring last week near Wolf Pond, 

 a body of water buried in the depths of the "wild woods," 

 some twenty miles southeast. Pie was engaged alone in 

 hunting for deer, and when putting out the dogs, discov- 

 ered a large bear, upon which, in great trepidation, he im- 

 mediately opened fire. The first shot missed its mark, and 

 the second one also failed to take decided effect. Here 

 bruin, awakened to a true sense of his situation, made a 

 ferocious charge upon the young hunter, and approached 

 so near that when his career was interrupted by a third 

 discharge, he fell dead within a few inches of his destroyer. 

 The boy, in this encounter, was fortunately armed with 

 one of the Winchester repeating rifles, (a superb weapon, 

 which carries eighteen charges, that may be fired in nine 

 seconds) or he might not have returned to "present his re- 

 port " 



The Meacham Lake district may be classed with the very 

 best sporting territory of the Adirondacks. Deer and 

 trout, when scarce elsewhere, are generally plentiful here. 



E.R.W. 



New Yowl.— Babylon, L. I., Nov. 20th.— Wild fowl of 

 all kinds are unusually plenty in the Great South Bay. A 

 large number of geese have been shot, which is something 

 unusual for this part of the bay and at this season. Oak 

 Island, opposite this place, is a favorite resort for gunners. 

 Rube Anderson can be found at the steamboat wharf, and 

 his hut on the island will accommodate any number up to 

 a dozen. 



Maryland.— Snow Hill, Nov. 18th,— All kinds of game 

 are scarcer this Fall than ever before, and the universal de- 

 mand is for a more stringent game law. Rabbits are plenty 

 on Elk Neck. Squirrels and partridges very numerous in 

 Dorchester county. 



Virginia.— Norfolk, Nov. 17th.— We have had a very' 

 warm and pleasant Fall. Quail shooting has been poor, 

 as the birds are scarcer than usual this season. We have 

 a few snipe; they generally give us the £0 by in the Fall. 

 Ducks arriving pretty freely from Currituck and the 

 sounds. Some wild turkeys coming from James River. 



Game of every description in this section is scarce this 

 year. The partridges, of which we had a prospect about 

 their hatching time of abundance, being drowned out in 

 the heavy rains last Summer. Ducks seem to have been 

 driven to other quarters by the incessant warfare on them, 

 and comparatively few have been killed by cur sportsmen. 

 A number of gunners from New York were in the city 

 last week, and before starting for the ducking giounds 

 tried for partridges with poor success. J. 0. A. 



Chincoteague, Va., Nov. 18th.— This island, which 

 belongs to Accomac county, is separated from the main* 

 land by the bay of the same name, four to six miles in 

 width and from twenty-five to thirty miles long. Although 

 fishing and oystering are the principal occupations of the 

 inhabitants, the island and contiguous waters furnish an 

 abundance of game of almost every variety. Just now 

 ducks are arriving in vast numbers, and during the Sum- 

 mer all descriptions of bay birds frequent the shores. 

 There are two hotels on the island, and it is rumored _ that 

 next season will see a first class watering place established 

 under the auspices of the Ola" Dominion Steamship Com- 

 pany and some citizens of Maryland. Chincoteague can 

 be reached by steamer to Lewes, Del., thence by railroad. 



Leesburg, Va., Nov. 20.— Sportsmen report quail more 

 easily found than at the opening of the season, though still 

 far from numerous. A few pheasant (?) are killed here \ 

 now and then . Breckinridge, who killed the biggest bass, 

 (five pounds, six ounces,) killed a large cock pheasant in 

 the ridge near our Fair Grounds; and several have been j 

 killed there by other men. If every man having game in 

 his possession during the close season should be fined, pot 

 hunters and their patrons would be flanked in their mur- 

 derous practice. T. W . 



North CARaiuniA^rMorgantowti, Nov. 19th.— Qu^n are 

 not abundant, but a good walker can get fair' shooting. 1 

 have killed 170 since the season opened. Have not seen a ^ 

 woodcock this season. Rabbits are numerous, and I kill a 

 good bag whenever I get anyone to carry them. I put U P 

 and killed a rail, E. Virginianus, in a little marsh last week | 

 Was he not a little out of his reckoning to get so far up ia | 

 the mountains? I stuffed and mounted him. By the way, 

 a gull (don't know the species) was sent me last weeii, 

 which was killed twenty-miles from here. °- 



Louisiana.— New Orleans, Nov. 15th.— Large flocks of 

 ducks are passing over daily, their favorite stopping 

 places being along the upper line of Canal street, the Late 

 Swamp, and Little Lake. The ponds around Millers 

 Bayou, on the Mobile Road, are favorite shooting grounds, 

 and large numbers of teal, canvas backs and red heads are 

 being killed there. 



