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FOREST AND STREAM. 



Connecticut-- Wilhrnbrook Mifle Bangs, August 26$,— 

 Mr. Chas. O. Judd, son of Orange Judd, of Middletown, 

 in the contest to-day with seventeen competitors for the 

 long-range bullseye badge, made the best score of the day, 

 capturing the badge with nine bullseyes. He had an ad- 

 vantage in shooting after the wind had died away, and 

 when the light on the targets was most favorable. The 

 winner is only eighteen years old, and is a student of 

 "We- ley an university. The badge has now been won a 

 single time by three different members and twice by Mr. 

 Orange Judd. 



—A correspondent calls to our notice a remarkable feat 

 that was perl ormed at that place on July 4th by J. Otis 

 Fellows, who brought down a balloon by a rifle shot from 

 a height of 2,000 feet. He has only one arm, and used a 

 rifle with an 18-inch barrel, manufactured by J. Stevens 



6 Co., Chicopee Falls, Mass. Last week he killed a wood- 

 cock on the wing with a 12 inch pocket rifle. 



— Tn the last contest for the marksmen's badge, by the 

 Yates Dragoons, of Syracuse, Mr. M. B. Nicholson was the 

 winner, his score being 89 points made in 5 shots at 200 and 

 300 3'ards each, the weapon used being a carbine. 



Canada — The Dominion has been having some brilliant 

 rifle meetings during the past week. One, the JSiew Bruns- 

 wick Wimbledon, was had at Sussex, N. B., and lasted 

 four days, The Association cup was won by Corporal 

 Longstreet, with a score of 42 points out of a possible 50 at 

 500 and 600 yards. The All comers match, 7 shots at 500 

 and 600 yards was won by Lieut. Hartt, with a score of 56 

 points. Capt. Bixby won the National silver medal, and 

 Lieut. Worden, the Governor General's meaal. The La- 

 * dies' Cup, shot under the same conditions as the first match, 

 was ^on by Sergt. Hunter with a score of 43 points. The 

 Prince of Wales cup, 5 shots at 200, 800, and 400 yards, 

 was won by Sergt. Weyman, with a score of 65 points. A 

 number of other matches were shot, and some excellent 

 practice made at the long ranges, notably Ensign Loggies's 

 score of 32 out of a possible 35 at 900 yards. The meeting 

 was in every way a success. 



The Ontario Rifle Association met at Toronto on 

 the 30th and 81st ult. The first prize in the Affiliated 

 Associntions match was won by the Governor General's 

 Foot Guards team from Ottawa; the Queen's Own, of To- 

 ronto, taking second money. The first prize for individual 

 scores was won by Sergt. Bradley, of Clinton. In the On- 

 tario match, 500 yards, Sergt. J. Mitchell, 13th Battery, led 

 the list with 32 out of a possible 35. The All comers match, 



7 shots at 200 yards was won by F. Evan, with 38 points. 

 Lieut. Thorn won the maiden stakes for "Snider" at 400 

 yards. 



}mnt |?## and %nn. 



GAME NOW IN SEASON. 



Moo*e, Alces malchis. 



Caribou, Tai&ndus ranglfer. 



Elk or wapiti, Vtrvus canadensis. 



Red or Virgana deer, L Mrgimanits. 



Sqwirreis, red, black ana gray. 



Hares, brown and gray 



Reed or rice-bird, JJotichonyx oryz- 



tvorai, . 

 Wild lurkey, MeUagiis gallopa- 



vo 

 Pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, 



Cupiuoniu cupido. 

 Ruff d arouse ur pneasant, Bonasa 



vmbeUus. 

 Quail or partridg*, Ortyx Virginia- 



this. 



Black-bellied plover or ox-eye, Squa- 



tarola Iielvetica. 

 Ring plover, uEgialitis temipal- 



maius. 

 Stilt, or long-shanka, Himantopus 



mgricoLlin. 

 Woodcock, Philohela minor. 

 Red-breaeted snipe or dowiicher, 



Macrwharnptiii* gristua. 

 Red-backed sandpiper, or ox-bird, 



Tringa americuna. 

 Gr at marbled godwit, or marlin, 



Limoba fedoa. 

 \\ illet, Totanus semipalrnatvs. 

 Tattler, Totanus meianoleucut . 

 Yellow-shank*, Tutanus Jlavipe$, 



"Bay-birds" generally,including various species of plover, sand-pipers, 

 tuipe, curlew&,o>8ier-catchers,burf-bird8, phalaropes, avocets, etc., com- 

 ing under the group Lwitcolce or Shore Bird*. 



Ugg*- Correspondents and subscribers will oblige us and 

 serve the cause by sending four-line reports of the shoot- 

 ing in their respective localities. 



Game in Makket.— For the first time this season there is 

 a fair display in the market, both for abundance and 

 variety. We quote prices as follows : — Huffed grouse, 

 $1.25 and. $1.50 per pair ; pinnated grouse or prairie fowl, 

 $1 and $1 25 per pair ; woodcock, $1 and $1.25 per pair ; 

 reed biids, 50 cents to $1 per dozen ; snipe, $1 and $1.75 

 per dozen ; ox-eyed snipe, 50 cents and 75 cents per dozen ; 

 wild pigeons stall fed, $2 and $3 per dozen; mallard ducks, 

 75 cents and $1 per pair ; teal, 62 cents and 75 cents per 

 pair; summer duck, 75 cents and $1 per pair; squabs, $2.75 

 and $3 per dozen. 



— The grouse shoo'ing in Great Britain opened on the 

 12th of August with belter promise than for four years 

 past. The birds are reported healthy and strong, and the 

 disease which played such havoc in their numbers in 1873 

 and 1874, now seems to have entirely died out. All papers 

 agree that these facts afford a strong argument in favor of 

 the cycle theory, Which explains the periodical return of 

 the pest, on the principle that overstocking necessarily 

 leads to decimation from disease as soon as a certain stock 

 has been reached, beyond which there is a deficiency in the 

 material needful for insuring perfect health. The best birds 

 are naturally shot, and the leaving of too many late birds 

 on the ground to breed is certain to result in a large pro- 

 portion being small, weak, and unhealthy. It would seem, 

 ther, that while protection to a certain limit of numbers is 

 requisite, it is equally important that numbers should not 

 be so multiplied as to permit an excess or superabundance. 

 The rule applies to fish ponds, deer paddocks, and poultry 

 yards, alike. The number of grouse in the London market 

 on the 14th, was far larger than it is has been for years, 

 there being considerably over 10,000 head, the prices being 

 very moderate, viz., from 2s. to 5s. 



The Grouse Law in Pennsylnania.—J. G., Jr., of 

 Philadelphia, wishes us to call attention to the letter of 

 correspondent "Milford," in last week's paper, which, he 

 says, would lead persons to suppose that the law for par- 

 tridges expires on October 1st. Such is not the case, as 

 tfce l&w says the lfcfth of Octohef . 



Maine — Machias August 81s£-— Bears are plenty, and 

 many have been seen and caught in Washington County 

 during the two months just passed. Do not as yet hear of 

 grouse being abundant. Both the ruffed and the Canada 

 grouse are found here. A few woodcock have bred here. 



Roaker. 



Massachusetts— CoJiasset, Aug. 81*£— Bay-bird shoot- 

 ing as a general thing this year has not been good, by rea- 

 son of the mildand warm days with a prevailing northwest 

 wind during the whole month. The large flight of birds 

 went on the 26th and 27th, but they were wild and high, 

 not paying much attention to decoys. The best bag I 

 know of was 70 yellow-legs and chickens to two guns on 

 the 26th at North Scituate. Should we get a northeaster 

 during the next two weeks splendid sport may be had while 

 it lasts, as lots of birds are yet to come. Ducks are com- 

 ing slowly; a few teal and coots have been taken this we. k. 

 Smelt fishing commencing good, but will be better next 

 week. S. K , Jr. - 



Salem, Setember 4.th. — Notwithstanding the very dry 

 weather there have been quite a lot of birds shot in one or 

 two small places near here that would often be passed by. 

 Advices from the adjoining places give things dry and birds 

 scarce ; from Chatham the same. We do sadly need rain. 

 Matters generally remain as last week. Teal. 



New York — New Dorp, Staten Inland, September 1st. — 

 It is very dry. Snipe scarce ; have seen a few yellow legs, 

 very wild; plenty of rabbits ; close season for ihem from 

 January 1st until November 1st. Woodcock have been 

 very scarce. There is an abundance of quail ; close season 

 for them from January 1st until October 1st. 



Gus. Woodcock. 



Meacham Lake, September 4th. — Our shooting has begun 

 in good style. Parti idges plenty. Ducks coming in; also 

 yellow legs, plover and sand pipers. Deer plenty and fat. 

 Trout and salmon trout have started for their spawning 

 beds. I shall clear out my hatching boxes this week and 

 begin putting in the spawn as soon as possible. 



A. R. Fuller. 



New Jersey. — Rumson, Sept. 1st. — Woodcock scarce, 

 owing to a great deal of shooting done before the 4th of 

 July by market gunners. Plenty of plover on the mead- 

 ows, but very wild. A flock of ducks (kind unknown) seen 

 off Seabright yesterday. Quail seem scarce, but there will 

 be fine rabbit shooting here in November. See them in 

 the bushes most every day. Bay snipe occasionally alight 

 on the south Shrewsbury meadows . F. C. Moller. 



Kansas, Brookmlle, Saline County, August SOih.— Chickens 

 were never so plenty as this year. No quail weie killed 

 last year, and they are doing finely now, with a fair pros- 

 pect of plenty of them, but not much chance for sports- 

 men, as farmers seem to be "dead set" against having them 

 killed. L. C. M. 



—An auction sale of guns made by the well known house 

 of J. W. Tolley, of Birmingham, England, was held in 

 this city last week, at the auction rooms of Mr. Tunis 

 Johnson, No. 37 Nassau street. The guns comprising the 

 "Challenge," "National," "Standard," ancLother brands, 

 brought very fair prices considering the times, selling for 

 from $50 to $175. In fact we should consider this a very 

 excellent way for dealers to get rid of their surplus stock. 

 Good guns will always command fair prices in this city, 

 even at auction. 



Deterioration in Loaded Shells.— A correspondent 

 writes from Duluth, Minnesota, as follows: — 



" 'Alfred,' in your issue of August 10th, asks if any of 

 your readers have discovered any deterioration in shells 

 left filled from one season to another. I find the loaded 

 metallic shells which I have kept over are so uncertain that 

 1 manage to have none left; or should there be a few left 

 over after the last shoot of the season, I reload them before 

 attempting to use them the next season. So large a por- 

 tion of them fail entirely, or hang tire, I cannot use them 

 with any confidence. On the contrary, the paper shells 

 seem to be as reliable after having been loaded a year as 

 freshly filled ones. I have not had one of the latter miss 

 or hang. Chick. 



[We have been using in bay-bird shooting paper shells 

 loaded last summer and exposed to salt air and dampness 

 without yet having a miss-tire or observing any difference 

 in their effectiveness. When felt or Eley's best prepared 

 wads are used, and the powder is first class, shells should 

 keep from year to year.— Ed. ] 



The regular monthly shoot of the Long Island Shooting 

 Club, lor iheir champion cup, occurred on Tuesday of last 

 week. The cup was won by xVIr. West, who was the only 

 one out of seventeen competitors who killed his seven birus, 

 the number shot at. 



Minnesota. — The Lake Pepin Sportsmen's Club, of Lake 

 City, held their tournament last week. We have not re- 

 ceived the scores, but tbe Club badge was won by Mr. S. 

 A1-. Simpson, who was immediately challenged by Mayor 

 Van Vieit. 



Missouri, Lexington, Ay gust 29^.— Monthly shoot of the 

 Sporibinen's Club lor silver medal, 15 enineo, 10 birds, 26 

 yards. W on by M. E. B. McKee in a score of 9. 



The Yale and London Howie g Clubs.— The Green- 

 wood Lake Sportsman's Club 6 have sent the following 

 letter through their Secretary, to the Yale and London 

 Rowing Clubs, inviting them to row on the waters of their 

 delightful lake, which offers the best three-mile straight- 

 away course in the country: — 



Greenwood Lake, Aug. 30. 

 To the Captain of Yale Four:— 



Every bod y wants anotber race between your crew and the London 

 Rowing Club. The Greenwood Lake Sportsman's Club have the finest 

 straightaway course, four miles or under, in America, only 40 miles from 

 New York, and ofier a $500 cup Make date to suit yourselves in Sep 

 tember. The club also guarantees free transportation for contestants 

 and boats to and from New York city. Answer. 



W. O. McDowell. 



We understand that the London crew will positively not 

 row again in this country. A very pretty regatta, how- 

 ever, is advertised for Greenwood Lake early in October, 

 which may p'rovfe a^uite as attractive. 



§zchting md§mUng. 



♦ 



All communications from Secretaries and friends should be mmr** -. 

 later than Monday in each week. WHIW M 



HIGH WATER. FOR THE WEEK. 



Date. 



Sep. 7.. 



Sep. 8.. 



Sep. 0.. 



Sep. 10.. 



Sep. 11., 



stp. 12., 



Sep. 13.. 



Boston. 



H. If. 



1 1 



4(i 

 24 

 12 

 9 

 17 



New York. 



H. M. 



10 24 



11 7 

 11 67 



eve. 53 



2 3 



3 18 



4 85 



Charleston 



Eastern Yacht Club. — The annual regatta of this 

 Club was sailed off Swampscott on the 29th inst. Only 

 seven yachts contested, and the breeze was light and un- 

 steady, and the time allowance — five knots per hour— was 

 nearly run out before the leading boat returned to the start- 

 ing point. The schooner America, Benj. P. Butler, was 

 not a competitor for the prizes, but she sailed the entire 

 course, and even in the light air would have stood a good 

 chance of taking the laurels from the 'Schooners, had she 

 belonged to the Club. The yachts Julia and Fltur de Lis 

 also accompanied the fleet. The wind was light through- 

 out the rain. The Halcyon rounded the bm y first, fol- 

 lowed by the Foam, sloops Wayward and Slntdow,' and 

 schooner America, Magic, Fearless and Latona, in the 

 order named. The run home was made with sheets 

 started, the Halcyon continuing to hold the load. The 

 wind was too light for the America to distinguish herself 

 but she held the Magic very well. The home stake bout 

 was passed in the same order, with the exception that the 

 sloops fell to the rear. The prizes were awarded as fol- 

 lows: Schooners— first prize, $200, to Halcyon; 2d, $100, 

 Foam. Sloops— first prizes, $125, Wayward; 2d, $75, to 

 the Shadow. 



Philadelphia Yacht Cltjb Regatta.— A regatta, under 

 the auspices of the Philadelphia Yacht Club, came of on 

 the Delaware to day. It was one of the largest, if not the 

 largest, ever sailed on the river, fifty yachts beiug entered. 

 The cruise was from Creedmoor Park to a ten mile point 

 and return, each boat going twice over the course. The 

 leading prizes were won by the Willie Kleinz, Minerva 

 and Ball, Jr. 



THE INTERNATIONAL REGATTA. 



OUR reports in full are up to Tuesday, August 29th, 

 We continue the letters of our correspondent:— 

 Philadelphia, Tuesday, August 29th. 

 The programme for the second day was arranged for 

 three trial heats of singles and three second trial ueats of 

 fours, winners in yesterday's races. The races began 

 promptly at 2 o'clock and followed at regular intervals of 

 45 minutes. The single races were almost without interest, 

 but the four proved better, the last heat being the greatest 

 race of the regatta up to this time. About 4 o'clock every 

 available space for the last half mile was packed. 



FIRST TRIAL HEATS-SINGLES. 



FIRST HEAT. 



1— James McCartney. ..Friendship Boat Club... New Yoik. 



2- Frank Henderson.. ..Veeper Boat Club Philadelphia. 



8— G. E. Man Ar^onauta Row. Aseo..B<-ig< ti Point. 



4— Geo. W. Yong Malta Boat Club Philadelphia. 



The heat at once resolved itself into a race between Mc- 

 Carthy and Man. The finish was as follows:— 



Name *. ■. 



1— McCartney 11 M* 



2-mhu it n 



8-Young 11 26 



4— Henderson H &* 



SECOND HEAT. 



1— J. B. Leibert Vesper Boat Club Philadelphia. 



2— Ed Mills, Jr Atalanta Boat Ciiib Ne^\ Yoik. 



3— J. M. Holsman University Boat Club... Philadelphia. 



W. B. Curtis, who was drawn for fourth position, with- 

 drew. 



Leibert, sculling nicely, soon went to a lead, steering 

 close along the wall, Mills close to him, and Holsman bad- 

 ly to the rear. The Vesper man rather looked the winner, 

 but Mills begnn to close up the gap off the Willows, when 

 Leibert stopped suddenly as the Atlanta boat collared him, 

 calling to the umpire that he had a stitch in the side, to 

 attacks of which, by-the way, he is subject:— 



s. 



THIRD HEAT.' 



1. R. A. Robinson, Union Springs; 2, S. Gormley, Quaker City; 8, C. 

 P. Tasker, Crescent. 



The two first named soon got away from Tasker, and a 

 close race was pulled between them clear home— Uorraley 

 working well and hard, Robinson, to his shame, be it said, 

 evidently allowing himself to be beaten, the only wee 

 where the influence of the pool-rooms has shown itself ia 

 the regatta: — 



Name. M. s.l Name. *. »: 



1-Gormhy 10 52* 3-Tasker « 10 « 



2— Kobinson 10 56 1 



SECOND TRIAL HEATS-FOURS. 



FIRST HEAT. 



1, Eureka Boat Club; 2, Beaver wyck Boat Club. 

 Won by the Beavers by two lengths; time, 9m. 7s.; Eu- 

 rekas, 9m. 13s. 



SECOND HEAT. 



1, First Trinity, Cambridge; 2, Watkins Boat Club. 



The Columbia College, after having backed to the stake 

 boat, were, owing to sickness in the waist, compelled to 

 withdraw. Trinity cracked away at above 41 strokes, but 

 a half length was all they could get from the Watkins men. 

 As soon as the boats had cleared the curve and were pois- 

 ed for the finish, Watkins, with a long swing, began to go 

 past. Trinity was pulling nicely, but No. 2 seemed to ue 

 getting very shaky. Half-way down the Willows tuey 

 stopped, Mr. Close being too sick to warrant going on. 

 Watkins, who at this time were just clear, kept. on ai 

 about the same pace, finishing in 9:01£. 



THIRD HEAT. 



1 London Rowing Club; 2, Yale College Boat Club. . 



Away went the London crew first as they did intheir 

 heat yesterday like a machine, their bodies rising and tail- 

 ing as one man. Yale was slow coming after them, and 

 looked as though they might never find the leaders, im 

 steeling was not good in either boat, and off the bend i»w 



Name. m. 



1-MMh 10 



2— Holsman 11 



