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W~kst Pennsylvania Poultry Society. — We have re- 

 ceived the premium list of this society for their poultry, 

 pigeon and clog show, to beheld at Pittsburgh, Pa., on 

 January 12th. Prizes of $10 each are offered for the best 

 native and imported setters, also for the best pointer dog. 

 There are also prizes of $5 each and second premiums of 

 $2.50 each for almost every variety of dog. Some of our 

 sportsmen might take this fair in while en route to the 

 great Chicago Bench Show, which commences on January 

 20th. It would be a pleasant break to the journey, and 

 the dogs would be none the worse for the rest. 



The Bod and Gun Club, of Springfield, Mass., whose 

 bench show last Spring will long be remembered as a 

 most successful affair, have assumed the management of a 

 poultry show of grand dimensions, to be held at Spring- 

 flefd in Fsbruary next. All New England will be interested. 

 In March the Rod and Gnn Club will give their second 

 bench show, which promises to be as successful as last 

 year's. The gentlemen having the matter in charge are 

 sportsmen of energy and will spare no pains. 



The Chicago Bench Show which opens on the 20th 

 January promises to be a very grand and successful affair. 

 We hear from all parts of the country of sportsmen who 

 propose visiting in person and exhibiting their dogs. The 

 prizes are more numerous and valuable than have ever 

 before been offered in this, or probably in any other 

 country. 



Bowers Bandit. — In an extract from the Birmingham 

 Herald, published in last week's issue, it was stated that 

 Mr. Bowers' Bandit was by Mr. Lorts' Jack, etc. This 

 was a mistake on the part of our English contemporary, as 

 Bandit is by Pride of the Border. The error probably 

 arose from copying from the Kennel Club Stud Book, the 

 pedigree of the dog following Bandit being that given. 



Sir Walter Scott's Dog "Camp.— "The wisest dog I 

 ever had," said Sir "Walter Scott, "was what is called the 

 bull dog terrier. I taught him to understand a great many 

 words, insomuch that I am positive that the communica- 

 tion betwixt the canine species and ourselves might be 

 greatly enlarged. Camp once bit the baker, who was 

 bringing bread to the family. I chastised him and ex- 

 plained the enormity of his offense; after which, to the last 

 moment of his life, he never heard the least allusion to the 

 slory, in whatever voice or tone it was mentioned, with- 

 out getting up and retiring to the darkest corner of the 

 room with great appearance of distress. Then if you said 

 the baker was well paid, or the baker was not hurt after 

 all, Camp came forth from his hiding place, capered, 

 barked and rejoiced. When he was unable, towards the 

 end of his life, to attend me when on horseback, he used 

 to watch for my return, and the servant would tell him his 

 master was coming down the hill, although he did not use 

 any gesture to explain his meaning. Camp was never 

 known to mistake him, but either went out at the front to 

 go up the hill, or at the back to get down to the moor side." 

 —Dr. F, 0. Morris, 1>. A , in Bogs and their Doings. 

 — «o.^». 



A STAUNCH DOG. 



Mercer county, N. J., December 20th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



Last Fall Algernon and Hervey went to Mr. Fisher's, on the Hunter- 

 don county fide of the mountain, to shoot, taking with them Bragg, Jr., 

 his eons, Spy and Fashion, out of Fannie, both Bragg, Jr .,, and Fannie 

 being by Old Bragg (inbred). After a long walk to Rainbow and back 

 by Rattlesnake Hill, and nearing the starting point, the dogs pointed. 

 They put up the birds, killing three. The lirst flight took them to where 

 four large oak trees had fallen with the leaves on, making a dense cover. 

 As the doss approached the spot, they pointed . Upon coming up a bird 

 was flushed and killed and Bragg brought it in, Spy still at his point. 

 After considerable beating about, another quail was raised, killed and 

 bagtjed, Spy still gliding. After thrashing the tree top? without suc- 

 cess, Algernon to#k Bragg and Jack and went under the "flte wood." 

 Bragg soon retrieved a crippled bird, when Algernon saw a quail run 

 in the crotch of aliuib and he caught it It fluttered like everthmg, of 

 course— Spy as staunch as a rock— and it was not until the bird that Spy 

 was pointing was put up, would he move. Farmer. 



4&+9*! 



-Mr. W. R. Hobart's red Irish bitch Ruby has visited Judge Pratt's 

 Uan. Ruby is from a pair of red Irish setters imported by Gen. A. C. 

 uncat, of Chicago. Dan is by Rodman's Dash out of Susan, a red Irish 

 "ten. The pups bid fair to be Al. 



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GAME IN SEASON IN JANUARY. 



lares, brown and gray. 



Wild duck, geese, brant, &c. 



FOR FLORIDA. 



Deer,Wild Turkey .Woodcock, Quail, Snipe, Ducks, and Wild Fowl. 



, . 



^ame ik Market.— Game lias been easier during the 



)ast week and prices are somewhat lower. Ruffed grouse 



partridges) are worth $1 per pair; pinnated grouse (prairie 

 Quickens), $1.25, the receipts from the West being some- 

 • /hat larger. Quail bring $2.50 for Western and $3 for 

 ^{ J °ug Island birds. Dealers will note that the close season 

 1 °i' this Slate commences on the 1st January, and that 

 >y though ihey are allowed to sell Western birds for a 



on ger period they will be required to prove the time and 

 locality of killing. Canvas back ducks bring $2.50 to $3 



»er pair; red-heads, $1 to $1.50; mallards, $1 to $1.50; 

 ^# ant > $1.50; black ducks, 90 cents to $1; widgeon, 60 to 

 (p cents; broad bills, 60 to 75 cents; sprig tails, $1; wild 

 ^';eese, 75 cents to $1 per pair; hares, 50 to 60 cents per 

 &%&] rabbits, 50 to 60 cents. 



y — Tlie many friends of Messrs. Eaton & Co., Sportsmen's 

 |j Jmpormm and Camp Outfitting Establishment, will be glad 

 t|,o learn that they are fast recovering from the effects of 

 ^ he disastrous fire in Nassau street. They have fitted up 

 m&T salesrooms at No. 17 Ann street, where they will be 

 ( Jeaeed to fill orders or welcome their sporting friends. 

 Jar, Eaton, an old camper- out, knows just what is requisite 

 comfort and a good time in the woods, and takes 



pleasure in imparting that knowledge to his patrons, 

 these experiences oftentimes adding very materially to the 

 pleasure of a party In camp. 



Duck Shooting at Currituck.— Members of the Monkey 

 Isle Club have been and are now making their annual pil- 

 grimage to that paradise for duck shooting, the sporting 

 grounds at Monkey Isle, Carrituck Sound, N. C. To give 

 our readers an idea of the sport they enjoy, we append a 

 copy of the scores of Messrs. C. P. Keeler, B. F. Ricker, 

 and Noah Curtis, three members of the club from Boston, 

 during the twenty-three days shooting they had there to- 

 gether during November and the first of December, aggre- 

 gating in all 1,489 duck, 881 of which were canvas back, 21 

 geese and 8 swans. 



Date 



Ducks. 



Geese. 



1 



Swan. 



J Numbers 

 (of stand 

 Made. 





Can. back 



Other var. 



November 6 





102 

 30 

 4t 

 23 

 11 







2 



November 8 



70 



2 





1 



November 9 



1 



2 



November 10 



33 





1 



November 11 



1 





1 



November 12* 









November 13 



15 



4'i 







22 



S3 



2 





1 



November 15 



1 



1 



November 16* 







November 17 



24 

 2 

 72 

 50 

 103 

 92 

 59 



66 

 17 

 20 

 16 

 24 

 37 

 19 



2 





2 



November 18 



1 

 3 



1 



November 19 



November 20 



4 

 3 



2 

 2 



November 22 





2 



November 23 



November 21. 



November 25* 



1 



1 





2 

 2 



November 26 



107 



7 



23 



115 



12 



16 



7 



14 



28 



6 

 16 

 37 



5 



8 i 

 9 



2 1 

 33 j 



2 





2 



November 27 





1 



November 29 



1 





1 



November 30 



I 



2 



December 1 





1 



December 2 







1 



December 3 







2 



December 4 







1 



December 6. . . 



2 



1 



2 









Total 1 



863 



608 1 



21 1 







8 1 







* Denotes rainy days; no shooting done. 



Eighteen canvas backs were Bhot on the island during the above time, 

 making a grand total of 881. 



The best individual scores were: Nov. 8, by Mr. Keeler, 

 98 ducks (70 canvas-backs) and 2 geese; Nov. 26, by Mr. 

 Ricker, 100 ducks (79 canvas backs); Nov, 30, by Mr. 

 Curtis, 95 ducks (71 canvas-backs) and 1 swan. 



Members of the club are still there enjoying the' grand 



sport the locality affords. 



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MODERN FOX HUNTING. 



Staten Island, December 13th, 1875. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



In several of the leading local newspapers in the vicinity of New York 

 considerable attention and angry discussion has arisen between the 

 philanthropic President Bergh and the New Jersey lovers of fox hunting. 

 What fox hunting is iu Canada.New Jersey,South America or Long Island 

 I know not, but of my native country (Scotland) I can speak with assur- 

 ance. Throughout the lower parts of Scotland there are meetings twice 

 every week, aud such meetings are attended by the most respectable, re- 

 sponsible, and intelligent gentlemen of the district, the majority being 

 practical country farmers and men of honesty and moral worth. Such 

 meetings there are not attended by the class of humanity represented by 

 President Bergh— "the perfumed, the drowsy, the hangers on of so- 

 ciety, the frequenters of taverns," &c— but by the worthiest represen- 

 tatives of the country, namely, the Johnsons, Dalziells, Griersons, 

 Scotts, &c; men whose ancestors fought with the cold steel to secure 

 their rights and privileges. Over the heather of Scotland, where now 

 the fox is hunted, have been enacted some of the most tragic wars that 

 have runs in the ears of humanity. Over that heather and among those 

 glens has been spilt more Christian blood, and more bravery has b^en 

 displayed, more real heroism and self-sacrifice, than many pages of re- 

 corded history can boast of. I feel certain that any one acquainted with 

 the primary principles of physiognomy will attest to this fact: that 

 very little degeneration has occurred in that nation, that the Scotch peo- 

 ple would not descend to any so called sport unworthy of their charac- 

 ter, their nature, or their time honored nobleness. It will be necessary 

 and sufficient for Mr. Bergh in the meantime to show by natural and 

 forcible proof that fox hunting, in any way or form by hounds, is a vio- 

 lation of natural laws, or not consistent with the order of creation. 

 Throughout the whole phase of human and animal existence we find the 

 principle of destruction. Small fish are devoured by larger fish, aud 

 they in turn succumb to others; flies are devoured by spiders and birds, 

 and they in turn succumb to other destroyers, such as hawks, eagles, &c. 

 The whole ocean, air, and earth is one struggle for existence, the fittest 

 being the survivor. In short, the vast universe is one immensity of de- 

 struction, of death, and to exist in perfect harmony and maintain its 

 equilibrium must ever be so, for the decrees of the Eternal are fixed, 

 unchanging, and unchangeable. By fox hunting, then, we destroy a 

 a destroyer by natural means, and so assist in adjusting the harmony of 

 the universe. Nature will accomplish her own work and produce better 

 agents and detectives than can the hand of the human artificers. Could 

 Mr. Bergh only hunt down the thousands of human foxe3 who frequent 

 our corners, byways, and places of nocturnal dissipation; could he only 

 trap with steel, iron, or gnnpoweer the myriads of parasitical public offi- 

 cials who daily and hourly swindle, cheat, and steal the hard earned 

 money of the industrious millions of this country! Our human fox 

 hounds cannot trace them, cannot find out their secret hiding places. 

 The former hounds are true 10 their trusts and instincts. Let the latter, 

 or the human, speak for themselves. Actions speak louder than w ords. 



James Dempster, M. D. 

 — «*►•<•» 



DEER HUNTING IN CANADA. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



The Doctor and I started alone with Grisley, the hound. We struck 

 the G. W. R. R. at Clifton. By nine o'clock P. M. we were in Petrolia, 

 our destination, having been on the road since one o'clock. We slept 

 soundly that night, and used up the following forenoon in getting ready 

 and chatting with friends. After dinner we made two runs, but failed 

 in starting anything. The next day we bounced a deer or two out of the 

 forest, but in the opposite direction from where we had carefully selected 

 our runnings. It was lucky for them, I think, that they doubled on the 

 dogs. The next day we had the same ill luck. The old hunters we 

 found were equally as unsuccessful as we had been, so we still had hopes. 

 On the day following the Doctor and I made another run or two. The 

 dogs started deer again, but they would not run our way. On our arri- 

 val home we heard that Monie, the Doctor's brother, had returned from 

 the Red River country? I saw a new light in the Doctor's eye as he 

 whispered, "A deer over yonder to-morrow, sure, boy; Monie knows 

 where they sleep." So we laid our plans that night, and sure enough ere 

 nightfall on the succeeding day we were the owners of a fine buck. The 

 day after was stormy, so we did not go out, but helped Monie unpack a 

 small pair of horns that had followed him from the Northwest, the re- 

 sult of a careless shot among the mountains. Said horns were five feet 

 across the flat horn, and some fifteen inches wide, with thirteen prongs 

 on each side. The animal's head measured two feet three inches from 



the nose to the ear— a trophy the like of which I think no other man owns. 



Sunday evening we went to Oil City, meeting our good friend Hector, 

 whom we induced, after much persuasion, to accompany us. Daylight 

 saw us breaking our fast, and I was shortly after posted at a black stub, 

 which Monie called a dead run, and which it proved to be before eleven 

 o'clock, as I killed a fine doe, dropping her with the first barrel full fifty 

 yards from me. After lunch we started the dogs again, but without suc- 

 cess. In the evening friend Crosby joined ub. Tuesday the Doctor got 

 a fine spike horn buck before noon, and in the afternoon we saw the 

 rare sight of a wounded stag at bay, which stag the Doctor, after cross- 

 ing and recrossing the creek, with water to his waist, felled with his 

 fowling piece. 



On Wednesday friends Hector and Crosby returned home, but the day 

 was full of excitement. The pony had a load of two bucks and a fawn 

 to go in with that night, and we all had a seven mile walk after dark. 

 We made what perhaps you have heard of when we got in— a square 

 meal. Thursday we started to return to Petrolia, with the intention of 

 making two or three runs on our way, but ere we had gone the eighth of 

 a mile the dogs winded a deer and broke from us; and away they went, 

 six noble fellows that made the woods ring, and we, too, scattered lively 

 for the runways; but the deer and dogs crossed ahead of us, and our 

 hunjwas over for the day. Friday we packed up, and on Saturday 

 started for home, after bidding friends goodbye. Monie, Hector, and 

 Crosby were at the station to see us off. Farewell, good friends, may we 

 meet again. Hiram E. Griffith. 

 , ■*-»■» 



GLOAN'S REPLY TO E. L. 



Editor Forest and Stream:— 



If E L. has read my article carefully, as he says, I regret that he has 

 not read it more understanding^, for I will not think he has perverted 

 its meaning intentionally. I said that Mr. Pape was not the inventor of 

 the choke bore system, and was not entitled to receive the Field prize 

 for inventing it. E. L. says that he was, and that I have misstated the 

 facts; and, going beyond that, he offers to bet, and stoops to personal 

 inuendoes. I shall utterly disregard these. 1 desire to hold E. L. to 

 the proof of his assertion, and am not to be lei off by any such de- 

 vices. 



If I believed'in any private trials, such as E. L. proposes (and I do not, 

 because they settle nothing, and their only result is to serve as gratui- 

 tous advertisements), I would nevertheless wait until Mr. Pape makes 

 his defiance good. He is a manufacturer, and naturally desires to bring 

 his gun before the public. He issued a challenge, which was instantly 

 accepted by telegraph, I am told, by a gentlemen of St. Louis, who 

 started to New York on the first train. It is reported that as he stepped 

 on the cars Mr. Pape stepped on a steamer, and I see by this morning's 

 paper that "the gun which caused Mr. Pape to sail for England in the 

 first steamer can be seen on exhibition in Cortlandt street." Whether 

 this report is true or not is nothing to rae, and does not in the least alter 

 my opinion either of the utility of such private trials or of betting bom- 

 bast, whether emanating from Mr. Pape, or E. L., or anybody else. I 

 am not in such business, and when it comes to pass that discussions as 

 to priority of inventions, or as to the merits of guns, or as to any other 

 topic which should be dealt with only as elevating sport and sportsmen, 

 in tne highest and best sense, are to be carried on with acrimony, or 

 loaded with personalities, or bullied through by bets, I shall immediately 

 decline any further participation with them. 



To come therefore to the points in issue. First: Mr. Pape says he 

 had invented the choke bore, and it was in use by bis customers for some 

 time prior to the issuing of his patent. I denied that, and said no owner 

 in England had a Pape gun which at that time was celebrated for its 

 wonderful shooting; that is to say, for shooting with as much superiority 

 as the present choke bore would have shown over an ordinary gun of 

 that date. Second: Mr. Pape's patent was issued to him before the 

 Field trial. His winning gun only won by a small margin of pellets, 

 and did not show the present immense choke bore patterns. I said if 

 he knew of choke boring then he would have demonstrated the system 

 for that trial, as it has beeu demonstrated since. But he did not do it, 

 although it would have given him fame and fortune. Not only did he 

 not do it, out neither any of his patrons, nor yet any gunmaker in the 

 country, ever suspected the wonderful discovery. Third: I said that 

 choke boring was known m this country long before the Roper gun, and 

 that consequently the principle of the Roper antedated Pape. 



E. L. denies these propositions. The simple way by which he can 

 refute them, if he is correct, must be plain to him and to all others. He 

 has voluntarily taken the affirmative, now let him do that which through- 

 out all these controversies Mr. Pape has persistently omitted to do. Let 

 him produce Pape's patent! Then we can see the date of it, and we can 

 see whether it mentions or includes modern choke boring at all, which I 

 doubt. The written instrument is the best evidence, and the only proper 

 way to determine what Mr. Pape invented and when he invented it, is to 

 produce the instrument or an authenticated copy of it. When E. L. 

 does this we can get the date of the Roper patent and see what it claims, 

 and Mr. Pape can, if he wishes it, get the early history of choke boring 

 among the pioneers of the West, and learn when they commenced it. It 

 may be of interest to him. 



As to the Field prize. In the first place, it was not given by the Field. 

 It was th« offering of an anonymous contributor, and sent to the Field 

 to be awarded. In the second place, no American competed for it (the 

 Roper Company having dissolved long since), and no Englishman bu c 

 Pape had the hardihood to claim it, and it was given to him solely on 

 the assumption of his patent. 



Everybody seemed to recognize that the choke bore was an American 

 invention, and I account for the delay of the Field in holding the award 

 two menths, upon the theory that they knew Pape was not entitled to it, 

 and were in hopes that some other claimant would appear. Certain it 

 is, that they were strongly remonstrated with for giving it to Pape. They 

 did not attempt to deny its American origin, but excused themselves by 

 saying that he was the only claimant, and they could not help them- 

 selves. 



Of all the mistakes E. L. has made, he has made none greater than to 

 suppose I have any prejudice against the Pape gun, or any out good feel- 

 ing for Mr. Pape himself. If I have a preference for any one maker, it 

 is because I believe his gun to be worthy of my preference. And I sub- 

 mit to E. L. that it is better to be actuated by this feeling, even though 

 there may be an error of judgement in it, than to indulge in detraction 

 because of a business misunderstanding and a personal disappointment 

 When E. L. produces the proof I have mentioned, he can make it 

 known. Gloan. 



Niagara Falls, Dec. 27th, 1875 . 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



I enclose herewith the score of two shooting matches that came off on 

 Christmas. The first was by boys under nineteen years of age for a 

 purse; 10 birds each, New York State rules, 1J oz. shot, usual rise and 

 boundary. 



Name. Total. 



James H. Evans 8 



C. S. Rice ....8 



TtT Na T me - Total. 



W. Uiz « 



H.H Seldon.. g 



The wind was blowing very hard from the score, and carried the birds 

 a good ways, even if they were killed . The first two used Parker guns, 

 the others muzzle loaders. The second match was for $5 a side, ten 

 birds each, betwhen Messrs. George E. Curtis and S. T. Murray, of the 

 Niagara Falls Shooting Club. Mr, Curtis killed two out of ten, 21 

 yards, and Mr. Murray 6 out of 10 at 26 yards. Mr. Curtis shot a small 

 16-bore pinfire French breech loader, while Mr. Murray shot Ms heavy 

 Greener muzzle loader. Next came a shoot at two birds each, $1 en- 

 trance fee. S.T.Murray won first money, $>5; -James Pierce, second, 

 $4; H. T. Fulton, third, £3. Then came a chicken aad turkey shoot, in 

 which the chickens brought about SO cents and the turkey 20 cents. And 

 this is not the first time, ather, that the Juniors have beaten the score s 

 of the older ehootists. Junior, 



