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Bpgiment. Total . I Regiment. Total. 



Eigturi ....... 2T7iNinTb. ....218 



S ve- tv-rtiet , 374 T^en'y-first 21H 



Pony fourth ..fc60|Thlrry second.... 214 



Tv\ en y second «€0|T« elft h 209 



Fort ^ — e entb 24s| Fourteenth J 62 



Forty-nint h 242 Twenty-eighth 138 



Among; the distinguished long-range marksmen who shot 

 in the short-range competitions were Me.-srs. Fenton, Ward 

 and Evans, of the Irish team; Messrs. Paton, Rae, Luke, 

 and Menzies, of the Scotch team; Mr. Slade of the Aus- 

 tralian team; and Me srs. Dakin, Farwell, Yale, Ballard, 

 Jewell, Anderson and Blydenburgh. of the American teams 

 of this and last yi ar. 



THE SECOND DAY. 



We are obliged to condense our report of the second 

 day's match The first match was the '"cavalry" for teams 

 of five, weapon, carbines, seven rouncs at 200 "yards. The 

 Yates dragoons, of Syracuse, an organization which has 

 paid much attention to rifle shooting, were the winners. 

 The following is their score: — 



Karnesi. Total.! Narao. Totals. 



O. J. Jones ........ 26lW. IS. Barrone .21 



M^jorM. Auer 23 — 



lie.it. H\ Auer 23 1 Team total .,> 11£ 



Lieut. M. B. Nicholson 22i 



The Washington Grays, of this city, were second with 

 99 points, arid the Separate troop, Filth brigade, third 

 with 95. The other contestants and scores were F troop, 

 Third regiment, 90; K troop. Third regiment, 89; H troop 

 Third regiment, 78; D troo% Third regiment, 75; G troop, 

 Third regiment, 7^; Galling buttery, Eleventh brigade, 

 72; Separate troop, First division, 71; Separate troop, 

 Twenty fourth brigade 63; Separate troop, Eleventh brig 

 ade, 59. 



The next event was the New York State National Guard 

 match for teatn-i of 12 men, five shots each at 200 and 500 

 yards, Remington rifle, State medal. The Forty-eighth 

 regiment, ot Oswego, were the winners. Tne following 

 is thn scorer- 

 Yards. 1 Yard?. 



Names. 200 



Chas Coe 17 



Setter. C, A Ban on 18 

 Scr^t.J S. Bnitou.17 

 Oapr. A. nni8..18 



Geoig« W'utt- j8 



George Cowles. L0 

 Coipi <Jiopse> 14 



500 



Total . 



17 



31 



13 



31 



13 



3n 



9 



529 



S 



26 



209 



407 



500 Total. Name*. 200 



*2 89 |J. L Wood.... 14 



21 89 1 Sera t. L.L.Barnes 18 



21 38iR. G Po.-t 17 



20 38'J. P. Hall 23 



19 37,<Jol. Haughton...l8 



lo - 8tl 



19 33| Team totals 



The Eighth regin ent was second with a total of 389 

 points, and the Seventh third with 381. The other score* 

 were. Seventy -fiist, 356; Fourteenth, 346; Ninth, 820; 

 Forty seventh, 320; Thirty-second, 303; Twenty first, 290; 

 Twenty-eighth, 226; Twelfth, 348; Twenty-third, 345: 

 Fori y -fourth, 324; Thirteenth, 314; Twenty-second, 299; 

 Sixty ninth, 258 



In the Army and Navy Journal match tliere were 17 en- 

 tries of teams of 12 men taeh, 7 rounds, at 500 yards. 

 The Oswe20 men were again successful, the totals being 

 as lollows: — 



R.giment. Total.! Regiment. Total 



Fortv eig.th (Oswego) regt 328 S- Venry-flrst reaiment 270 



Seventh regiment 300 Foity-nimh regiment 253 



T^elfih regiment 2!i9' Pony-fourth retiimeiit -'50 



Eiguth regime t... afl2jSeventy-fir.>*' regiment 234 



Fourteenth r-gimewt 5JS8| Forty sevtnih regiment. 234 



Tuenty-Oiird regiment 278 Ninth regiment 20b' 



Twentv second raiment 2i 8 1 Thirty-sec Jnd regiment 181 



U. s. Eng niers regiment 274) Twin ty-eighth regiment 1-11 



The first Division Match, open to teams Ot 12 men from 

 each regiment in the First Division had seven entries; con- 

 ditions, rive s-hots each at 200 and 500 yards. The follow- 

 ing are the totals: — 



Regiment. To'aK ' Regiment. Totals. 



Sevi'iitv-fl rt r4 199— 433|Twenty second 178 154—332 



Peventn «30 1K9— 409!Nintl. 191 133—3 4 



Eigmh 204 204-4O6|bixty-ninth 189 108—297 



'1 vs elf th ;. ... 198 198—394 1 



The Second Divi-ion Match under the same conditions 

 resubed as follows: Twenty-Third Regiment, 378; Four- 

 teenth, 352; Thirty-Second, 328; Forty-Seventh, 809; 

 Thirteenth, 305, Thirty-Eighth, 228; 



A protist was entered against the team of the Forty- 

 Eighth (Oswego) Regiment, on the grounds that the men 

 hrtO used altered sights in their Remington rifles in viola- 

 tion of the rules. 



The Milwaukee Rifle Range. — A Milwaukee corres- 

 pondent, whose idi-n ity we do not recognize at present by 

 the simple signature of "K.,"and who has seat us frequent 

 western rifle notes which we could not always publish in 

 full, lor lick of space, says of this noteworthy range: — 



"it, would oe h .rd to find a more beautiful spot than the 

 grounds of the National Home, where, through the kind 

 ness of Gen. Hincks, the range of the Milwaukee club is 

 located The 1,000 yard firing point is situated in a lovely 

 grove, while the target is on a hill on the other side of the 

 valley." 



In the competitions which, took place last August be- 

 tween the Chicago anl Milwaukee Rifle Clubs the compet- 

 itors became so enamoured of each other as marksmen, 

 gentlemen and good comrades, that they have not been 

 happy since separation, and will not rest content until the 

 tr als are repeated. There are some excellent shots in both 

 clubs, and we shall look for some praiseworthy scores in 

 days to come. 



Riele Notes. — Arrangements have been made with the 

 several visiting rifle teams for a three- day's match in 

 Washington during the latter part of this month. The 

 teams will reach there on the 25th, and shoot over the 800 

 yards range nt the Benning's Station race track, on Tues- 

 day, the 26th; over the 9h0 yard range on Thursday, the 

 28 h; and over the 1,000 yard range on Saturday, the 30th. 

 .The shooing of Mr. Adams of the Ca- 

 nadian team in the International match was excel- 

 lent. He scored 202 points out of a possible 

 225 the first day, and a total of 392, or within 10 points of 

 the best score made. 



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— A waterspout burst over the Humane Establishment at 

 St. Paul's Island, Nova Scotia, on the 18th ult. Five 

 buildings were destroyed ami one man killed. Only two 

 storehouses and a dweliug house were left standing, and 

 tiiey were much shattered. 



}nm$ §h$ nnd %nn. 



GAME NOW IN SEASON. 



Moose, Alecs malchis. Black-bellied plover or ox-eye, Squa- 



Caribou, Tarandus rcmglfer. tarola helvetica. 



Elk or wapiti, Ctrvus canadensis. King plover, JSglalilis temipal- 



Red or Virginia deer, C.titginianus. matus. 



Squirrels, red, black and gray. Stilt, or long-shanks, Hlmantopw 



Hares, brown and gray. mgricollu. 



Keed or rice-bird, JDoUchonyx ory** Woodcock, PhUohda minor. 



ivorus. Red-breasted snipe or dowitcher, 



Wild turkey, Meleagiis gallopa- Macrorhumphus qristus. 



vo Red-backed sandpiper, or ox-bird, 



Pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, Trihga americurui. 



Cupidonia cupido. Gr at ruarbled godwit, or marlin, 



Rufftd mouse or pheasant, Bonasa LimoM fedoa. 



umbellus. Millet, Totanus semipalmatvs. 



Quail or partridge, Ortyx Virginia- Tattler, Totanus melunoleucus. 



reus. Yellow-shanks, Totanus Jlavipes. 



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

 snipe, curlews, oyster-catchers,turf-birds, phalaropes, avocets, etc., com- 

 ing under the group Limicolce or Shore Birds. 



The Evans Rifle. — By an error we stated in a recent 

 issue i hat ihe Evans liepeating Ride was not now being 

 manufactured. Messrs. Merwin, Hulbert & Co. , of this 

 city are th.© agents for the Evans Rifle Manufacturing Co. 



U^~ Correspondents and subscribers will oblige us and 

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

 ing in their respective localities. 



— Plover on Prince Edward's Island are very plenty just 

 now and giving the gunners fine sport. A few woodcock 

 are being picked up now near Kentville, N. S., but they 

 are both scarce and small. A heavy rain may, however, 

 bring them on to their old haunts. In New Brunswick 

 the ruffed grouse are numerous, and large bags of them are 

 being made every day; a few ducks, but no geese as yet. 



— Any person desiring complete guide books to all shoot- 

 ing grounds on ihe line of the Grand Rapids and Indiana 

 Railway can have them furnished gratuitously by applica- 

 tion at this office. Northern Michigan is one of the best 

 shooting grounds in America. 



— Mr. W. L. Guillandeu of the Old Dominion Steam- 

 ship line Company's office, has just returned from a visit 

 to Chincoteague, off the coast of Virginia. He reports 

 birds "not very abundant," but he and a friend contrived 

 to knock over some 350 willets and plover in the course of 

 three days' exercise over the beach. By taking one of 

 ihe steamers of this line to Lewes, Del., and rail from that 

 point, one is carried comfortably within walking distance 

 of the ground. 



— The San Francisco Pacific Life says that in the vicinity 

 of Bakersfield, Kern county, quail are so abundant that 

 thousands can be seen in any direction out of town. 



Maine— Hallo we 11, Sept. 10l7i. — Season opened well; 

 woodcock not so plenty as last year. Partridge plenty. 

 1 append my number of birds each day up to date: Sept. 

 1st, 1 woodcock 2 partridge; 2d, 6 woodcock 3 partridge; 

 4ih, 6 woodcock 1 partridge; 5th, 3 woodcock 6 partridge; 

 6ih, 7 woodcock 3 partridge; 8th, rain; 9th, 4 woodcock 5 

 partridge. W. 



New Hampshire. — Eye, Sept. lQtJi. — Woodcock are n ore 

 plenty, and ihe fall season bids fair to be a good one. Par- 

 tridges are also becoming more numerous. Fair hags of 

 leal, Mack ducks, >md yellow legs, have been made, and 

 one gentleman idiot three golden plover on Thursday la^t. 

 The southward flight of cools and sea fowl has commenced, 

 and with the first northeast storm good sport is anticipated. 

 Snipe and grass birds are scarce, tlie season being still 

 early. Samourai. 



— Quails and partridges are plenty in Rhode Island. The 

 game law restrictions ended September 1st for partridges, 

 but for quail will continue in force till October loth. 



Cohasset, Sept. 18£/i.— There has been a little flight of 

 black breasts the past week. I succeeded in bagging eight 

 one morning and a pair of mallards the first of the season. 

 Teal very scarce. Have not seen one this week. Yester- 

 day was a great day for sea ducks, and hundreds were 

 shot on the coast. 



Salem. Sept. 18th. — Shooting news quiet generally, though 

 there have been some plover shot, some partridges, rabbits 

 and winter yellow legs, and some Engli&h snipe aud quail, 

 but good bags are scarce just now. Saw several loons out 

 by the islands last Monday, also one flock and two single 

 coots. Gulls getting common again. Also saw five loons 

 flying over the city yesterday. An easterly storm prevails at 

 pre-ent and we hope, if it comes around right, will give us 

 a little more sport on the shore birds, of which we may yet 

 expect some winters and grass birds. Teal. 



Pennsylvania: — Mr. J. E. Soule, the well known ama- 

 teur sportsman, of this city, in orms us that he never knew 

 bay-birds to be so scarce and wild as they were last month. 

 He generally shoots in the vicinity of Tom's river, not many 

 miles from Barnegat, and he believes that their scarcity 

 and wildness was owing to the fresh-water ponds, their 

 lavorite resorts, being completely exhausted of water. He 

 saw the graj -back snipes quench their thirst with salt water 

 — an occurrence they never resort to if fresh water can be 

 found along the coast. — Qermantown Telegraph, Sept. IWi. 



Virginia.— In company with several friends we have 

 been deer hunting. The game was plenty, but the weath- 

 er was hot and dry, and the dogs were not up to their 

 woik, and our success poor. A very fat buck was bi ought 

 to town on Saturday last. He was killed near Mr. Wilkin 

 Spencer's by a negro.— Brunswick Advocate 15t7i. 



Virginia— Norfolk, September 16th.— Sora season at its 

 height on James river. The Richmond steamers bring 

 down hundreds of dozens which are all killed at night by 

 torchlight, with a paddle. The birds killed for the markets 

 are all "paddle birds," as they bear transportation better 

 than those that are shot. An extraordinary flight of birds 

 passed over the city last night. I first noticed them about 

 8 p. m. At 10:30 p m. there seemed to be no falling off 

 in their numbers. Having occasion to be up at 2 o'clock I 

 heard more passing. The bulk of the flight seemed to be 

 sora from the notes heard; there were also some ducks and 

 several kinds of shore birds. A great many people in 

 different sections of the city made the same observations. 

 Some parties stated Hint they heard them until daybreak. 

 One gentleman saw on his wall, early this morning, a snra 

 that had probably become bewildered by the gaslight, and 



knocked him off with his cane. Capt. Deer reports seem 

 a great many flocks of ducks passing over James river tn 

 day during the severe storm now prevailing. Drake 



Another Norfolk correspondent, "Alfred," confirms thi 

 statement in nearly all particulars, save that he failed t 

 detect the sound of ducks, adding that the flight must 

 have contained many millions of birds. It is probable 

 that the cold weather and the equinoctial storm has hurried 

 the birds south. The duck season promises to be uu> 

 usually early this year. 



Michigan.— Marshall, Sept. 11th— The grouse shootin» 

 in this locality is excellent. No woodcock to be had; too 

 late. The wood-duck is plenty this season. No quail this 

 week to my knowledge. Plover plenty. Squirrels never 

 so plenty for years. q 



— A Michigan correspondent to whom we wrote for in- 

 formation about best ducking grounds out West replies — 



"If I wanted to advise a friend about duck shootino- t 

 would tell him to go to Thunder Bay on the eastern f-lfore 

 of this State on Lake Huron. Then there is Wild Fowl 

 Bay in Huron County, this State, not far from Saginaw 

 City. I regard these places good shooting ground. The 

 ducks are not so wild as on St. Clair flats, where with pot- 

 hunters, amateurs and the commercial traffic of the river 

 the poor duck has a slim chance. The accommodations 

 on the flats are as good as in a large city. I hive yet to 

 rind a place, however, possessing "good accommodations" 

 where the "duck shooting is really good." One wants to 

 get &way from "good accommodations" if they want to 

 shoot from 40 to 50 ducks a day, Such at any rate is ray 

 experience. To go to Thunder bay, Alpliina County, 

 Mich., making Alphina City the objective point; or go to 

 Port Huron, Huron County. From there go to Fowl bay 

 on tug or fish boat and "live o' the fishermau." The 

 piaces I have named are easily reached from Detroit in. 

 from 12 to 24 hours by steamer and cars. The town«, I 

 mean the grounds, all distant from Fair Haven about eight 

 miles. Good duck shooting can be had all along Saginaw 

 bay in October and November. 



Indiana. — Valparaiso, Sept. 13 f 7i. — Our shooting has been 

 fair notwithstanding the scarcity of pinnated grouse, 

 Woodcock are very abundant for this section, aud I am 

 taking in the sport with great relish. Quail will be very 

 plenty, more than for ten years. W. H. Holabikd. 



Knox, Sipt. 11th. — The game in this section is quite plenty 

 this fall, with the exception of squirrels and wild pigeons. 

 The Kankakee hunters have commenced their fusilade on 

 the ducks, but as yet they have not got up Yellow river as 

 far as this place. I think the Legislature of this Slate 

 should curtail the shooting of prairie chickens one month, 

 making the law read 15th of September instead of 15th. 

 of August. The chickens that were shot here in August 

 were so small that they were hardly worth shooting, and 

 then most of them spoiled on the hands of the sportsmen, 

 ihe weather being so hot that they could not be prei-erved 

 only for a short time. If something is not done soon ihe 

 pinnated grouse will soon be a thing of the past in this 

 county. Ranger. 



Dacotah — Lower Brule Agency, September 11th. —Chickens 

 and quail very plentiful this season about Yankton and 

 Springfield. Large numbers of the former aie killed 

 between Yankton and Sioux City. At Randall and Lower 

 Brule ducks have made their appearance in great numbers. 

 Season opened September 1st. W. E. D. 



BETTER 



AMMUNITION 

 ARMY. 



FOR THE 



Savannah, Ga., September 6th. 

 Editor Forest and Stream: — 



1 see in your issue of August 31st a call for better fire-arms, and that 

 Maj. Reno reported to the Chief of Ordnance that six of bis gune wire 

 rendered useleeB by failure of the breech block not closing tightly, and 

 leaving a place for t^e cartridge to play in, causing the base of ttuj car- 

 tridge case to blow off and leaving the shell stuck fast in the cht-mber. 

 This is a great fault aud should be rectitied; but I caunot agree with 

 Maj. Reno as to the cause of this. It is the fault of the cartridge and 

 not of the breech block. If the cartridge be properly constructed Uiero 

 will be no such difficulty, even admitting the breech block be loose. Of 

 what service would our breech loaders be if a little wear iu the breech 

 caused such mishap? Your correspondent 'Georgia 11 ha> been with me 

 when I have been experimenting wiih mu-ket cartridges, and knows ray 

 assertion to be one not of theory but of practice. If the Ordnance De- 

 partment will correspond with me I will satisfy them on this point. 



Joseph P. White. 

 , -*♦*. 



SQUIRREL SHOOTING. 



Ashbysburg, Ky., September 1. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



In last week's number I noticed an article on the above title and! 

 agree with the writer -that squirrel hunting is splendid sport, but do not 

 coincide with him as to the gun used. He hpuke of using shot gnm for 

 tne business. For my part I cannot bear to use such a gun as he de- 

 scribed. I think a rifle of a mut 36 mcues in length, 7 or 8 pounds 

 weight, and about 200 t'» the pound just the thing. It. takes c»n-idewle 

 p actio.e, steady nerve, and quick eye to pick one off a limb runuii g from 

 one tree to another, or back one off a limb without hurtmg a hair ot his 

 body, or shoot one's head off out of a tall hickory. But when once ac- 

 quired I'll wager you will never take your "Scott or Tolly" after squir- 

 rels again. 



Shooting squirrels with a rifle and taking their heads every time they 

 are visible brings it down to science. Tour correspondent also spoke o 

 not having use for a dog. 1 suppose not the kind he spoke of. I D!U 

 found in woods, of heavy and thick undergrowth, a small cur well name 

 to tree, most serviceable. As a ^ood dog will find more game in an hour 

 than a man can in a half a day in such woods and hazle thickets. A "6 

 well trained will put a squirrel up a tree and after giving two or t re 

 sharp barks will wait at the foot of tne tree until his master comes up 

 and picks bunny off, A squirrel ireed by such a dog will run up on y 

 few jumps and cnrl himself up on a limb and all you have to do is 

 approach noisiessly and hit him m the eye. Pad^t Leak 



BAKER'S THREE-BARREL-GUN. 



Editor Forest and Stream. — 



New York, September 5th- 



I received a few days ago one of Mr. Wm. H. Baker's three-barrel g« • 

 I must say I have always been somewhat prejudiced against any sue ^ 

 rangement or combination of shot and rifle barrelsand was surprise 

 find the gun so light and handy. The rifle barrel occupies the p^ 

 taken up by a ramrod in the ordinary muzzle-loader. Tbegatbas 

 shot barrels 12-gauge and one rifle- barrel 44 calibre. Central fire« 

 i extractor withdrawing all three shells. Weight of gun 8f pounds. 



