FOREST AND STREAM. 



cute every violation of the law that comes within their ob- 

 servation, and will maintain a vigilant watch throughout 

 the closed season. In California the close season for sal- 

 mon extends from 1st August to 1st November; for trout 

 15th of October to 1st April except in Siskiyou county. 



—Last week the Onondaga Sportsman's Olub of Syracuse 

 did a commendable business in capturing five immense 

 seines, weighing in the aggregate over a ton, and valued 

 at $800. They were taken from Oneida Lake, and the 

 spirit of the great and good Leatherstocking rejoiced 

 thereat. 



Opening of the College Yeab. — The end of Sep- 

 tember will find nearly all of the American colleges once 

 more in session, the oldest being one of the very latest to 

 reopen its doors. Harvard's new year begins September 

 28th, with a probable freshman class of 240, of whom 190 

 are already admitted. Of the 216 applicants at the first 

 examination in June, 36 were rejected, as were four of the 

 six at the special Cincinnati examination; but there were 

 six admitted at the second course trial, and four of those 

 who passed last year will also enter with the class of '80. 

 Yale opened September 14th, with a prospect of smaller 

 classes than in 1875. The applicants at the June examina- 

 tion numbered 210, including 60 for the scientific course, 

 while last year there were 80 applicants for the latter and 

 260 in all. At the special Chicago examination 15 candi- 

 dates presented themselves. The Dartmouth year began 

 on the last day of August, with a freshman class of about 

 70 and some addition to the upper classes, the entrance ex- 

 amination being conducted in writing, instead of orally as 

 in years before. Williams opened September 7th, with a new 

 class of about 50, and at the Amherst opening, the same 

 day, the prospect was said to be good for a class of about 80, 

 though only 46 appeared at the June examination, as 

 against 78 in 1875. Middlebury expects a class of 30, and 

 Vermont University a similar number, including four 

 young women. Of the 48 applicants at Rutgers last June, 

 two-thirds of whom were fitted at the preparatory school 

 connected with the college, 7 were rejected outright, and 

 only 16 of the others were admitted without condition. 

 The Maine and Massachusetts Agricultural Colleges both 

 opened last week, with freshman classes of about 20. 

 Wesleyan and Trinity opened September 14th, and Michigan 

 University, September 27th. New York University opens 

 September 20th, and Columbia October 2d. 



An Irishman's Luck.— We beg to congratulate Mr. J. K. 

 Milner of the Irish team. Mr. Milner, we think, has every 

 reason for satisfaction. His was the best score made in 

 the late match, or, at least, he tied Mr. Rathbone, and by 

 the Creedmoor mode of counting, beat him. His score of 

 75 points at 1000 yards in fifteen shots is unparalleled. But 

 we do not mean to ascribe his magnificent shooting to 

 "luck." His luck consists in the possession of that beau- 

 tiful red Irish setter Eileen, with which he was so fortunate 

 as to win the tea service presented by this paper at the 

 recent beneh show at Philadelphia. How much more satis- 

 faction will Mr. Milner take over his dish of tea in the 

 ownership of our trophy than in a mere fractional part of 

 that other one, which after all will spend half its time in 

 some dark corner, and if won would have had to be sur- 

 rendered again. 



Another Irish gentleman is to be congratulated. Mr, 

 Edmund Johnson also made a straight string of 15 bulls- 

 eyes at 800 yards, and made a total score within six points 

 of the best. 



Capt. Parker Gilmore not Killed. — The British Mail 

 of August 31st reprints from the Oraaf-Beinet Advertiser, 

 the assurance that Capt. Gilmore has not been killed by a 

 lion in Africa, although he had a narrow escape from death. 

 The brute gave him a severe mauling, and his cowardly 

 Bushmen who ran away at the first onset, reported that he 

 had been killed. A correspondent to whom this contradic- 

 tion will prove gratifying intelligence, has sent us the fol- 

 lowing reminiscences, which will prove scarcely less 

 interesting, notwithstanding: — 



Hoknellsville, N. Y., September 10th. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



It was with much sorrow that I saw the announcement of Capt. Parker 

 Gilinore's death. I knew him as a friend and g- ntleman, a good shot 

 and angler During his first vL-it to this country he made his home 

 at my uncle's in Canada for about four months, and I was his compan- 

 ion in all of his excursions. We fished on Lake Erie and the Niagara 

 river. I was in the boat with bim when we caugbt. the big black bass. 

 (I say we as 1 caught it, and he landed it, for it would surely have got 

 away from me). It weighed g| pounds. We also fished for brook trout 

 at Goderich and Colling wood, where he astonished the natives by catch- 

 ing Si pound trout with a rod that weighed less than three-quarters of a 

 pound. We spent about a month shooting at Long Point, and one after- 

 noon three guns bagged 154 ducks and one swan. I was only about 16 

 years old at the time and shot an 18 gauge, six pound gun, and I had to 

 do big shooting to k ep even with Gilmore's 10 gauge and my fathers 8- 

 bore, 14 pounder. When the flocks were moving 1 did not stand any 

 chance, but 1 ui>ed to paddle around all day and pick up the wounded 

 ones, so at the finish I was a few ahead. During the whole four months 

 that I was with him I don't remember of his saying and unkind word to 

 me, and I must have given him a good many causes. 



Steuben. 

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The Iesh-Amekican Return Match.— The return 

 match between the Irish and American teams will be shot 

 to-day at Creedmoor. The Irishmen having option, have 

 elected to shoot the match with teams of six men. At a 

 meeting of the American, Col. Mitchell was chosen Cap- 

 tain and he has selected as the six to compose the team : 

 Major Henry Fulton, L. Weber, Col. W. B. Farwell, Gen. 

 T. 8. Dakin, R Rathbone, Isaac L. Allen; Reserves, L. C. 

 Bruce, G.W. Yale, and C. E. Blydenburg. The condi 

 tions will be the same as in the previous matches, 15 shots 

 each at 800, 900 and 1,000 yards, 



THE INTERNATIONAL RIFLE TROPHY. 



Through the courtesy of our contemparay The Spirit of the Times, we are enabled to present to our readers a remarka- 

 bly handsome cut of tbe trophy contested for last week by the picked riflemen of Scotland, Ireland, Australia, Canada, and 

 the United States. 



The design is a Roman banner, after the style of the battle flag of the Roman Legions, and was suggested by General 

 Martin McMahon, Chairman of the Trophy Committee N. R. A. Messrs. Tiffany & Co., of Union Square, New York City, 

 are the manufacturers, and Mr. J. H. Whitehouse the designer. The trophy is seven feet six inches high by twenty- 

 four inches wide, and is composed of iron, steel, silver, and gold. To commence at the bottom, the staff is of iron, 

 with copper fillets; from this staff hangs the banner, made of solid iron, the front being inlaid with a tracing of geld 

 over which is the inscription, in incrusted silver, and partly raised, the bottom having a deep fringe of gold. Hanging in 

 front, and surrounding this banner, is a series of copper and silver laurel garlands, on which to commemorate the date of 

 the matches and names of the winners. The banner bar is of semi-bright copper, and represents the fasces of the Roman 

 lictors, and as the trophy is an emblem of peace and good-will, the axe is dropped. To this bar is attached a smaller bar 

 or plate of solid iron, copper edged, with the Latin motto Palma (crown of victory), in raised silver letters, while in front 

 of the plate hangs pendant a large silver wreath. Immediately over this bar or plate stands an eagle of half-bright copper, 

 resting on a Fulmen. On the face of the banneris the following inscription: "In the name of the United States of America, 

 to the Riflemen of the World." The reverse of the'banner is inlaid with the $, or mark of American Federation, after the 

 manner of the Fleur-de-lis, on. the banners of France, 



