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[ ie bench show, is now at the stud. Among the 

 > J won by Dash was one at Shrewsbury last year for 

 Uest setter in the show, on which occasion he took the 

 ndsome sum of £138 in prizes. His fee is modest; only 

 , and but five gyps besides his owners will be allowed 

 v isit him. Some of his near relations, bred also by Mr. 

 verack, are with you. Now that racing is over, at least 

 the flat, many of the most prominent names on the turf 

 g to be found in connection with coursing, which is simply 

 bstituting dog racing for horse racing. The list of nomi- 

 tors for the great Waterloo meeting, to be held in Feb- 

 jy comprises several of the turf magnates, one at least 

 w 'hom has had a Derby placed to his credit. I allude 

 Mr. Robert Jardine, the great China and India merchant, 

 ho scored his success with Pretender, and who, if I re- 

 ember rightly, has also won the Waterloo cup more than 

 ice< I mentioned in my last the dog massacre at Glasgow. 

 seems that the authorities of that ancient city have got- 

 a themselves into trouble through their hasty action, and 

 e n ow being prosecuted for destroying valuable dogs 

 ithout warrant. Dog cases are likely to give employment 

 the Glasgow legal fraternity for some time to come. 

 The current issue of the Field contains an able editorial 

 i the impending extermination of large game in America 

 hich it would be well for the home authorities to mark, 

 am and inwardly digest . Intelligent men with you have, I 

 n aware, looked with alarm upon the results which are 

 midly following the reckless destruction of the buffalo on 

 ie Western plains, and your own columns have frequently 

 fermented upon the subject. But still the evil exists and 

 ie feeble law which was passed by the last Congress re- 

 iains a dead letter. Lord Dunraven, who spent five years 

 q the plains, and has written a capital account of his ex 

 eriences, considers that the present generation will see the 

 ist of the buffalo. The Field article concludes with a 

 aragraph which contains a suggestion so pertinent, aud an 

 ppeai so eloquent that I will quote it: "The day is not 

 ir distant when, unless active steps be immediately taken 

 t Washington and by the governments of remote States and 

 3iritorics, the buffalo will cease to be what he is repre- 

 ented at the base of Prince Albert's Memorial in Hyde 

 'ark— the typical animal of North America. If it be nec- 

 ssaiy to awaken the cupidity of the trans- Atlantic Chau- 

 ellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Blackmore points out that a 

 tamp upon every hide sold by the skinners, and the seiz- 

 ire aud confiscation of all unstamped hides, would add a 

 aillion dollars annually to the American revenue. But 

 ve prefer to address ourselves to the patriotic sentiments 

 if our woithy kinsmen. The buffalo and the grizzly bear 

 ire the two best known types of wild animal life in the 

 far West, and both are in danger of extermination. For 

 he ferocious grizzly we have no prayers to put up, seeing 

 hat his extermination would be beneficial to the human 

 ■ncroachers who have driven him deeper -and deeper into 

 die recesses of the Rocky Mountains. But the disappear- 

 ance of the harmless and tameable buffalo will be a scandal 

 to eivilization, and a subject for undying shame and re- 

 morse to the children of the men who did nothing to stay 

 the hand of the destroyer." 



It was thought that the withdrawal of the Prince of 

 Wales from the fashionable gun clubs would be the death 

 blow to pigeon shooting; but such has not been the case. 

 The sport appears to be as popular as ever, if not more so. 

 Last Saturday our countryman, Mr. Howard S. Jaffrey, 

 was the winner of a seventy-five dollar silver cup at Shep- 

 ard's Bush, making the sixth cup he has won this year. 7 

 also won a large sweepstakes. If Mr. ^Jaffrey evejar 

 home Messrs. Bennett, Yan Buren, De Forest, Wagsiaff, 

 and others of your amateur pigeon shooters will have to* 

 look out for their laurels. I notice that the Schultze wood 

 powder is rapidly increasing in favor with shooting men 

 here. If you have read "Wildfowler's" letters in BeWs 

 Life you must have noticed how frequently he speaks of it. 

 And you have a similar manuf actu re which I am told is 

 quite equal to the Schultze, made by one Carl Dittmar, of 

 Boston. Paine, the pigeon shot, is now here, and if he 

 finds an engagement for his gun act at one of the theatres 

 he may bring the Dittmar powder into notice, as I am in- 

 formed he uses it. My informant also says that Herr Dittmar 

 is an expert rifle shot, shooting his smokeless and almost 

 noiseless powder with wonderful accuracy at 1,000 yards 

 range. If this is so, here is something worthy the notice 

 of military authorities. If a rifle can be made to shoot 

 accurately at 1,000 yards without smoke and with no more 

 noise than a pop gun, why would it not be a most valuable 

 adjunct in warlike operations. Picking off an. enemy's 

 Pickets and outpost3 without the sharpshooters where- 

 abouts being discovered would be rather in advance of 

 anything now practiced. Yaquero. 

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—The new hotel at Palatka, to be called the Larkin 

 House will be opened to the public on the 1st of January 

 next. It will be under the management of Mr. D. F. Lar- 

 kin, of the firm of D. F. Larkin & Co., of Watch Hill, R. 

 J-, and will no doubt take rank among the best hotels in 

 Florida. 



—Work will be commenced next month on the Gaines- 

 Vll le, Ocala and Charlotte Harbor Railroad, in Florida. 

 11 is confidently asserted that the line as far as Ocala 

 ^11 be completed in time for a great portion of the winter 

 travel. 



- 'Talk of fiddling," said Ephraim, "Why, the dog- 

 gonest bass-viol you ever saw, was two turkey-buzzards a- 

 sawmg of a yard of gut acioss the paunch f a dead deer. 

 ^didultniake t^ e music come, you kin sheute m§, n 



The Champion Handicappeb^— From a rare little book 

 of Professional Anecdotes published in 1825, we cull the 

 following story and ask "can the Annals of the turf pro- 

 duce an other such race as this?" "Dr. Belly se has been 

 a sportsman upwards of forty years; and next to his pro- 

 fession, has peculiarly, devoted himself to cocking, cours- 

 ing and the race course. His gray-hounds have long dis- 

 tinguished themselves by their speed and true running; 

 and he continues to breed from that well known dog 

 Champion, the property of Cap. Lidderdale. His cocks 

 have been equally good; and he is one of the few who 

 have preserved the pure breed of those dangerous high- 

 flying birds, called "Cheshire-Piles," for which that 

 county has been so long famed in the annals of the sod, 

 and which were so fully backed in the well contested 

 mains of Sir Peter Warburton and others. It is, however, 

 as a handicapper of race horses that Dr. Bellyse stands so 

 preeminent; having it is supposed, put horses nearer to- 

 gether, on various occasions, than any other man of his 

 day. Here the doctor has an advantage, not merely from 

 observation and judgment, but from possessing the clearest 

 recollections of past events and knowing the pedigree per- 

 formance and qualities of almost every horse in Englaud. 

 One instance will be sufficient in confirmation of his ability 

 in this difficult department of sporting. 



At Newcastle, under Lynne, in the year 1820 the follow- 

 ing horses were handicapped by him : — 



Stone. Pound. 



Sir John Egerton's Astbury, four-years 8 16 



Mr. My tton's Handel, four years 7 11 



Sir Wm. Wynne's Tarragon, four years 8 



Sir Thomas Stanley's C'edric, tliree years 6 13 



The horses came in as follows. Of the first three heats 

 there was no winner: Tarragon and Handel being nose 

 and nose; and though Astbury is stated to have becu third 

 the first heat, yet he was so nearly on a level with the 

 others, that it was difficult to place him where he was. 

 After the second heat, Mr. Lyttleton, who was steward, 

 requested the doctor and two other gentlemen, to look 

 steadfastly at the horses, and try to decide in favor of one 

 of them, but it was impossible to do so. In the third heat 

 Tarragon and Handel had struggled with each other till ihey 

 reeled about like drunken men, aud could scarcely support 

 their riders to the scales. Astbury, who had lain by after 

 the first heat, then came up and won, aud it is generally 

 believed that the Annals of the turf canuot produce such a 

 race as this." K. E, X. 



Conlin's Gallery.— The Marksmen's badges which 

 have been shot for during the last two months at Conlin's 

 shooting gallery, 930 Broadway, have been finally won. 

 They were eight in number, and were awarded according 

 to the rank of the scores. The conditions were 10 shots, 

 rifle .22 calibre, off-hand, 200 yards Wimbledon target re- 

 duced for the distance (110 feet), Creedmoor rules to govern 

 the match. Open to all comers. The following are the 

 names of the final winners: Charles A. Chcever, first 

 badge; C. E. Blydenburgh, second badge; L. Y. Sone, 

 third badge; H. D. Blydenburgh, fourth badge; T, C. 

 Banks, fifth badge; B. S. Brown, sixth badge; N. B. 

 Thurston, seventh badge; C. E. De Forest, eighth badge. 



To show the immense popularity of the matches it 

 might be added that there has been nine contests averaging 

 Gentries per match, and over a hundred different compe- 

 titors have participated. 



The average winning scores for the badges respectively 

 are: First, 44 8-8; second, 48$; third, 42 3-9; fourth, 

 41 5-7; fifth, 41; sixth. 40 1-9; seventh, 39 8-9; eighth, 

 39 5-9. The average score for each competitor was about 

 36. Charles A. Cheever made the largest score in any of 

 the competitions, viz.: 5, 5, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5—48. 



Gallery Championship.— About a year ago the two best 

 shots of the Zettler Rifle Association challenged any two 

 men of Conlin's Gallery for the championship of New 

 York city for gallery shooting. Zettler's team was victori- 

 ous by ten points, and this year they were challenged by 

 C. A. Cheever and C. E. Blydenburgh, of Conlin's Gallery, 

 which challenge was accepted, and the match was shot last 

 Thursday evening, December 7th, at Zettler's Gallery. 

 The conditions were 75 shots per man, off-hand, rifle 22 

 calibre; 200 yards Wimbledon target, reduced for distance, 

 110 feet, Creedmoor rules to govern the match. The fol- 

 lowing is the result in targets of possible 50. 



conlin's gallery team— L. V. Sone, Captain. 

 Name. Score. Total. 



Charles A. Cheever 45 45 47 4S 48 48 48 24-poss 25....3W 



C. E. Blydenburgh 42 45 47 45 *6 42 46 22— poss 25 . . . . 335 



Grand total 688 



zettler's r. Asso'N-Capt. M. L. Riggs. 



Name. Score. Total. 



C S Zettler 40 45 38 40 42 45 45 23- poss 25... .318 



M. B. Englc 50 38 4i 45 42 46 45 21— poss 25.... "319 



Grand total 637 



CoDlin's team over Zettler's, 51 points. 



Saratoga Rifle Club.— The officers of the Saratoga 

 Rifle Club elected for the ensuing year are as follows: 

 President, J. M. Andrews, Jr. ; Vice-President, J. Fowler 

 Finley; Secretary, Odell Gates; Treasurer, W. F. Howard; 

 Captain, G. W. Ainsworth. 



Provincial Rifle Association. — This Association held 

 its annual meeting in Halifax, on the 6th inst. From the 

 Council's report, it appeared that the number of competi- 

 tors at the competitions during the past year were 123, 

 showing a decrease compared with previous years. The 

 competitors from the country brigades had carried off the 

 principle prizes. It was resolved on a vote of 21 to 11, to 

 continue the use of the Wimbledon targets. This motion 

 was made as an amendment to a proposition that all out- 

 side of the inner ring be counted outers. It was resolved 

 to allow retired officers and. men who had eompleisd their 



time of service to take part in the competitions. The elec- 

 tion of the Council for the ensuing year resulted as fol- 

 lows :_ Cols. Laurie, Bremner, Ritchie, Pallinter, Mitchell, 

 Mackinlay, and McDonald, Major Graham, Lieut. Weston, 

 Major Yeomans, Capt, Bland, Surgeons Trenaman and 

 Slayter, Capts. Walsh and San ford. 



Massachusetts.— The Taunton Sportsmen's Club held a 

 field day on Thaeksgiving, when prizes almost as numer- 

 ous as the contestants were shot for. The conditions of 

 the match were 10 shots each at 200 yards off hand. We 

 give the score of those making 40 points and over out of a 

 possible 50: — 



Names. Score8 . Prize. 



W. P. Parmelee 44 



J. A. Woodward .• 43 



C. E. Richmond 43 



Capt. A. B. Hodges 42 



A. P. Clark 42 



J. Y. Anthony 11 



J. S. Williams 41 



H. P. CoDeland 41 



E. W. Harlow 40 



W. C. Perry 40 



C. T. Olney 40 



W. H, Bmt 40 



Dr. C. T. Hubbard 40 



T. B. Breed 40 



In addition to the above there were a number of other 

 prize winners who made scores from 80 up, and who carried 

 home with them prizes varying from a silver dollar to a 

 load of slab work. 



Connecticut.— The Middletown Rifle Association held 

 a meeting at Silver Glenn range on Thanksgiving day, 

 when the following matches were shot: — 

 For Bronze Medal offered by National Rifle Association; 200 yards, 15 

 shots off hand on Creedmoor target. 



Names. Score. I "Names. Score. 



$25 silver pitcher. 



$11 silver goblets, 



$10 revolver. 



$10 worth c. tacks. 



$7 50 syrup pitcher. 



$7.50 cartiidge vest. 



$6 cbromo. 



$5.50 smoker's set. 



$5 air pistol. 



$4nmbrella. 



$1 Fokest .and Stream:. 



$8.50 knife. 



$3 stereoscope. 



$:-] ^.aine bag. 



H. Woodward 61 



George M. Pratt bl 



John C. Broatch (il 



C. O. Judd. 



<J . N. (Jamp 54 



A. M. Shew 50 



O. V. Coffin 60, W. "Van Deusen 49 



William Lyman 50 C. C. Hubbard 4'J 



Orani^eJudd 5'j C. W. Harris 47 



E. Heming 58|tJeorge A Coles 43 



Association Cup, Wimbledon target, 200 yards, 10 shots. 



Names. Score. 



II . Woodward 41 



E. Demin<< 38 



Orange Judd y8 



William Lyman 381 George A. 



John C. Broatch 37 C. O. Judd 



Names. Score. 



J. N. Camp 34 



C. C. Hubbard 34 



A.M. Sbevv 83 



Coles 33 



31 



.20 



George M. Pratt 3!j|o. V- Collin 



All Comer's Cups, Croedinoor target* 200 yards, 10 shots. 



Names. Score. I Names. Score. 



A.M. Shew 41 C. P. Gndiam 3H 



Orange -Judd 40 O. V. Coffin 35 



VV Lyman <J0|J . N. Camp 3-1 



.John C. Kroatch 3!.i;F. E. Camp 3 J 



E. Deraing 38'C. O. -Judd 33 



G. M Pratt o«|E. P. Putnam 30 



The Rifle— Second contest on Saturday, Dec. 2d, for gold badge won by 



Dr. Shew in first contest Nov. 25th. To lie owned, by first winner in 



ttiree contests. Seven shots each on Wimbledon target, ~0'J yards, 



and Creedmoor target 500 yards. 



Yards. j Yards. 



Names. 200 500 T'tl.l Names. 200 500 T'tl. 



O . V. Coffin 29 29 58[Orange Judd .... 23 31 54 



C. O. Jndd 28 28 59 |H. Woodwai d ... .20 30 50 



It will be seen that Mr. Coffin was the winner of the 

 second contest. Dr. Shew did not contest. It may take 

 several more contests to decide who shall own the badge. 

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)n$ and $nn. 



GAME NOW IN SEASON. 



Moose, Alces malchis. 

 Caribou, Taraudvs rangifer. 

 Elk or wapiti, Cervus canadensis. 

 Red or "Virginia deer , 6 .lirginianvs. 

 Squirrels, red, black and gray. 

 Hares, brown and gray. 

 Wild turkey, Meleagris gal^^a 

 vo 



"Bay-birds" ger" 

 snipe, curlews.o^ 1 



ing under thomr v . icoldi c 



Pinnated grouse or prairie chicken, 



C'vpiaonia cupido. 

 Huffed grouse or pheasant, Bonasa 



unibellus. 

 Quail or partridge, Orlyx virginia- 



nus. 

 Woodcock, Philohela minor. 



..ore jjirds. 



*u>s of jji; -er, sand-pipers, 

 }'aropes, u\ ocets, etc., com- 



Brief Notes from the Abirondacks. — Adirondack 

 guides, Henry Newcomb and Clark, were drowned in Fish 

 Pond, near Big Clear, a few days ago. They had been 

 hunting and trapping, and not returning, search was made 

 and their bodies found. How tfee accident occurred will 

 probably forever remain a mystery. 



A steamer, capable of holding twenty-five persons, is at 

 Port Kent, on Lake Champlain, awaiting transit "over- 

 land" to the Upper Saranac lake. All lovers of the 

 woods will pray in faith that she may never reach there, 

 thus to intrude upon those delightful waters. 



In the vicinity of Martin's, several New Yorkers are 

 passing the winter with great benefit to their health. 



We hear that Bartlett, of "The Sportsmen's Home," pro- 

 poses to enlarge his honse. S. S. N. 



— Messrs. Nichols & Lefever, the well-known gunmakers 

 of Syracuse, N. Y., have received a laige importation of 

 gun barrels from Europe during the past month, and pro- 

 pose hereafter to devote themselves entirely to turning out 

 guns at short notice. The Lefever gun has increased 

 steadily in the estimation of American sportsmen, and the 

 work upon them is recognized as being surpassed by none. 



— Large game is said to be unusually abundant in the 

 awamps of south Jersey the present season, a number of 

 deer and several bears being killed there. 



—Mr. Walter McAdoo, of the McAdoo House, Greens- 

 boro, North Carolina, can give his guests the right of 

 gunning over large tracts in his neighborhood, well stocked 

 with quail, and furnish teams, etc., at moderate rates. 



— John Webb, a noted hunter and trapper at the Big 

 Keservoir, Hamilton county, Ohio, and another men, 

 killed 135 wild ducks and mud-hens at a single dischaige 

 of double-barrelled shot guns, one night last week. They 

 were floating for ducks in a boat with a blazing torch in 

 the prow. 



New York— Canton, Dec. 7/7*. — Hunters from this part 

 of the Adirondacks report very poor hunting this tall, and 

 very little game taken. J. H. R. 



Good Ground, Dec. 7 th:— Plenty of Mr is here no w 3 an$ 

 we ave killing them. Come any tiaie^ 



