FOREST AND STREAM. 



T _, Tsf BW Wimbledon Targets.— Subjoined are dia- 



o of the targets which are to be used— the one at 200 



g fa and the other at 500 and 600 yards— at the English 



St? A meeting of 1877. The black lines and circles 



h w the new target and its divisions, and the squares in 



t i bull's-eye and to the right of the reader, the respective 



7 mptprg of the circles and the side of the containing 



are in inches. The dotted lines and figures to the left 



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show the divisions and dimensions of the Wimbledon 

 targets of 1874. No alteration is to be made in the long- 

 range target, except that the ring outside the bull's-eye 

 wilf be called the "Inner," and the square in which it is 

 contained the "Magpie." 

 We are indebted for the above to the Volunteer Service 



Gazette. 



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GAME IN SEASON IN JANUARY. 



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Hares, brown and gray. Wild duck, geese, brant, &c. 



fok fix>iuda. 

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



—A letter from Mr. L. L.- Hepburn and other interest 

 ing matter is unavoidably left over until next week. 



—We have many subscribers who are acquainted with 

 Mr. Call and the Lake Pleasant Hunting grounds of the 

 Adirondacks. Well, Silas and his brother have just had 

 the satisfaction of killing a panther in the vicinity which 

 measured eight feet in length. Silas says the hunt was the 

 most exciting he ever had. 



—A Tiffin, Ohio, correspondent says lie caught an opos- 

 sum last week that weighed twelye pounds. How is that 

 for large? He says it is the first one seen about there sinee 

 1865. Two ruffed grouse were also killed near town by a 

 Tiffin sportsman last week . They are seldom seen there. 



—Several of our subscribers having , inquired for the 

 Fox Gun, we take occasion to say that a specimen may 

 be seen at the Emporium of Holberton & Beemer, 102 

 Nassau street. 



—We noticed a fortnight since a fine gun imported by 

 Mr. H. C. Squires from the manufactory of Mr. W. "W. 

 Greener. We are pleased to learn that this elegant piece 

 of workmanship has passed into the hands of such an 

 ardent sportsman as Col. Bodine, the "Old Reliable" of 

 the first American team. Although at the "head of the 

 class" as a rifleman, Col. Bodine is also a first-rate field 

 shot, and his "Greener" will waken the echoes of the 

 Catskills in the death knell of many a partridge. 



—A pigeon match between J. Greenley and W. Hum- 

 phries on one side, and R. Mason and II. Mason on the 

 other, was bhot at Newark, N. J., last week; ten birds 

 each, 21 yards rise, 80| yards boundary, trap and handle 

 for each other; stake, five brace partridge. The result 

 was as follows: — 



Name. Total I Name. Total. 



J. Greenley 9 R. Mason 8 



w. Humphreys 8|H. Mason... 7 



Mr. Wm. Merritt acted as judge. 



—Thanksgiving Day eighteen young men of Janesville, 

 Wis., formed two hunting nines," headed by Will P. Bowen 

 and Rob M. Palmer, and started in quest of rabbits, the 

 party beaten to set up a supper for the entire party. The 

 entire number slaughtered was 191, and the difference in 

 favor of the Bowen nine 21. 



Massachusetts— Boston, Jan, 6th.— Our season is now 

 closed. A friend and I were out on December 26th and 

 got a few birds, although we had to travel in two feet of 

 snow on a level. The first bird I shot was a grouse which 

 dropped at the shot, but we could find nothing of it. An 

 hour later my friend returning to the spot saw a hole with 

 no track near it, kicked in the snow, when out went my 

 founded bird which he shot. Never had a grouse do this 

 before. Plenty of white owls, and a friend of mine had 

 60 on hand at one time this fall to stuff. Butcher birds 

 very plenty this winter. Ice 16 inches, snow 2i to 3 feet 

 011 level. S. K., Jr. 



[It is a common habit of the ruffed grouse and quail to 

 take refuge in the snow.— Ed.] 



Connecticut— Litchfield, Jan. 8tf>,.— We can sum up the 

 results as to game in this section. Of woodcock there 

 were none of any account, nor have been since 1872, when 

 we killed 117— 19 being the most in one day. Most of 

 them were killed over Mr. Colt's old "Phil." Ruffed 

 grouse and quail have been in fair numbers for this section, 

 f UC !r llave seen a & ood maQ y of the latter the past week 

 Ceding or the top of the §now ; which, though ov§r two 



feet deep, has not drifted badly, and allows the weeds to 

 appear in places. The two best day's sport were October 

 27th. Two of us killed 9 grouse and 2 woodcock October 

 31st. Three of us killed 12 grouse and b' quail, all over one 

 dog. T. H. 



Indiana — Tjafayelte, Jan. 6th. — This season I have killed 

 200 quail, 17 rabbits, and 14 ruffed grouse, which arc 

 rather scarce here. The quail have been very plenty, and 

 will be next fall unless the hard winter kills them. One 

 bag of game my self and brother killed the day before 

 State election was 29 quail, 4 ducks, 1 woodcock, 1 snipe, 

 3 ruffed grouse, and 1 rabbit. Rained all the forenoon. ' 



T. W. and W. 



Virginia— Norfolk, Jan . 2d.— Weather very cold since 

 Christmas. Not many ducks in market this week. Quite 

 a number of fine bucks have been killed within eight 

 miles of town the past three weeks. Plenty of hares killed j 

 near town this week. Quail lying close in the woods, i 



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Tennessee— Nashville, Jan. 2d.— Persons who have re- j 

 turned from a hunting excursion to Big Bottom, Humph- I 

 rey's County, report wild turkeys, ducks, geese and rabbits J 

 plentiful, but very shy. Game is becoming scarce in Da- 

 vidson County. R. J. M. 



Canada — Megantic and Eastern Townships, Jan. 2d. — 

 Several deer have been killed this season in the "Plat 

 Rock" woods between Ormstown and Frenklin, some forty 

 miles southwest from Montreal. As the deer are now 

 being protected there during the close season they are in- 

 creasing every }^ear. In the Megantic District deer are 

 very plenty up the Salmon river and in the "Basin," and 

 a tew moose signs are reported to have been seen around 

 the "bog" above Scotston. The glories of the Megantic 

 country are fast departing, as the district is being rapidly 

 filled with settlers, who lfighten away the moose and de- 

 stroy the deer during the deep snows in the months of 

 March and April. The pot-hunters who visit its waters in 

 the month of September and kill the trout on their spawn- 

 ing grounds are also helping on the work of extermination. 

 The catch of furs has been very light throughout the 

 townships, but with our revised game laws, properly en- 

 forced, the catch will be greatly increased in a few years. 



Stanstead. 



Canada — Nelles Corners, Ontario, Jan. -\st. — Three yoeng 

 friends or mine went out rabbit shooting a few days ago, 

 21st inst., and met with poor success, only getting 3 rab- 

 bits, in the forenoon. JNot satisfied with this they tried it 

 again after dinner, and had better luck, bagging 14 rabbits, 

 5 pheasants, and 10 quail, and were home at six o'clock. 



R. M. S. 



LOADING SHELLS. 



New York, January 2d, 187G. 

 Editor Forest and Stream:— 



There has been of late considerable correspondence in 

 your columns on the loading of shells, the gist of which 

 is, that they should be filled up with wads, so that after 

 firing, the shell will fill out the chamber to its full length. 

 Do you deem this necessary where (as in the Remiugi on 

 gun) there is no actual shoulder, but the chamber is gradu- 

 ally convexed down to the bore of the gun, and on which 

 would you put the extra wads, the powuer or shot? 



Do you not think, that for the sake of economy, and 

 saving of weight, this would be the way to load, i. e,, 

 first a paste board wad, then a felt wad over powder, and 

 over the shot enough saw dust to fill the shell, covered 

 with a pasteboard wad? Would you put a pasteboard or 

 felt wad over shot? Are the pink wads likely to injure or 

 wear the barrels? Yours, truly, A. B. B. 



[When, as our correspondent describes, there is no 

 shoulder, or apparent shoulder, it is a matter of but little 

 consequence whether the shell is of full length or not ; in 

 that case we should cut and turn them. The mode of 

 loading described would answer very well, and either saw 

 dust or bone dust used. In fact, this is done now in rifle 

 shooting where a small charge is required, the saw dust 

 being placed directly on the powder to fill up the space 

 between that and the ball. We have never heard that the 

 pink edge wads were anything but beneficial to a gun 

 barrel. A pasteboard and felt wad over the powder, and 

 two pasteboard wads over shot should fill up any shell, un- 

 less a remarkably small charge was being used, so that it 

 could be turned to meet the top wad.— Ed.] 

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—Thomas W. Sparks, of 121 Walnut street, Philadelpha, 

 who represents and wears the green laurels of a loug-eatab- 

 lhhed house, still maintaiua the enviable reputation of the 

 "Philadelphia Drop and Moulded Shot." He has received 

 from the United States Centennial Commission a very iUt- 

 tering testimonial, in the shape of an award, for " uni-' 

 formity and general good finisn of the pellets." This was 

 the first Shot Tower in America, and was established sixty 

 years ago. 



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Horace Smith, Esq.— On the first day of Jauuary 

 last we lost the services of Horace Smith, Esq., who has 

 long assisted us in our Kennel Department . Although con- 

 tributing comparatively few editorial articles to its col- 

 umns, those that he wrote were characterized, by sound 

 sense and substantial practical information. The Squire's 

 chief value laid in his familiarity with canine pathology, 

 the rearing and management of dogs, and his practical 

 knowledge of guns, especially the old-time muzzle-loaders, 

 which a long life and experience had made familiar tools. 

 He was a sort of ancient Vade Mecum and Compendium. 

 We believe that our friend proposes to engage in the 

 Sportsmen's Outfit business, and in this line we can unre- 

 servedly recommend him to all our friends, and wish him 

 every success. 



We wish to remark here that we find, notwithstanding 

 the injunction which has always stood at the head of our 

 editorial page, to address all communications whatever to 



our readers bave been in the habit of directing to Mr. 

 Smith, personally, correspondence intended for the paper, 

 and we now reiterate and emphasize the request that in or- 

 der to have such matters duly attended to in future, all let- 

 ters, whether on kennel or other subjects connected with 

 the paper, be addressed to the Forest and Stream Publish- 

 ing Co. We would also mention that while our porso- 

 nel services and advice arc as freely as ever at the disposal 

 of our readers, and while even more attention will be 

 given to.prescribing for all diseases of dogs, we can not 

 dispense medicines, although we will advise where they 

 can be purchased or order them sent if requested. 



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THE BALTIMORE BENCH SHOW. 

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It, is with pleasure that we record the fact, that the 

 Bench Show of Dogs, held at Baltimore, last week, under 

 the auspices of the Maryland Poultry and Fanciers' Asso- 

 ciation, was an unqualified success. Indeed, we doubt if 

 we err in stating that no Bench Show has ever been held 

 in this country where the arrangements have been so per- 

 fect, and the details so accurately carried out. We say 

 this without prejudice to the St. Louis Show, for, although 

 the same system was in force there, it was on a very 

 much smaller scale. This was a Bench Show in which 

 what we have always claimed should be the primary 

 object of such gatherings, viz.: the instruction of the 

 masses, was followed to the letter, and the stain remaining 

 from the Philadelphia fiasco somewhat, if not entiic'.y, 

 wiped out. If those gentlemen who declared that tbey 

 would not send their dogs to Bench Shows until they 

 could be assured of fair treatment had been at Baltimore, 

 they would have found no cause for complaint. Here, in 

 in the first place, was a catalogue, with a carefully pre- 

 pared index, in which the name of every dog entered was 

 printed, with his age, color, and abstract of his pedigree. 

 To be sure there were typographical errors, but this was 

 unavoidable where owners were not present to read the 

 proof. The stalls were numbered in regular rotation, ac- 

 cording to the classes as printed in the catalogue, and 

 everv'dogwas in his proper place. Numbers to corres- 

 pond with the entries for the special prizes were also 

 affixed to each stall, so that there was no confusion and no 

 mistakes. The judging was carried out to perfect ion. 

 Punctually on Tuesday morning (the first day) the dogs 

 commenciug with class 1 were led before Mr. Davidson, in 

 the judges room. If that gentleman kept books with a 

 scale of poiuts for each dog, no one was aware of it, and 

 there was no tedious waiting while figures were footed up. 

 The awards in each class wore announced at once, and the 

 winning ribbons of blue, red and white, affixed to the 

 stalls almost before the first dogs in the succeeding class 

 had been led out. On this occasion Mr. Chas. Lincoln, 

 the Superintendent, had an opportunity to show his metal, 

 and we unhesitatingly pronounce him to be the best man 

 for the position that could be found. His system and ac- 

 tivity were both remarkable, and unhampered with red 

 tape, and aided by an exceptionally good memory, he car- 

 ried the entire detail of the show to a most successful and 

 satisfactory conclusion. 



The exhibition was held in the hall, or rather succession 

 of halls, forming the second story of the Maryland Insti- 

 tute, an admirable place for the purpose. The attendance 

 throughout was large, and the pleasure of the visitors 

 greatly enhanced by the fact of the winning dogs being 

 already designated. The ladies were put in force, and as the 

 beauty of Baltimoreans is proverbial, we fear that more 

 than one correspondent neglected his official duties in their 

 presence. In fact, we could mention one popular gentle- 

 man, the editor of a prominent western sporting journal, 

 who, from this cause, up to the hour of our own departure, 

 had almost entirely neglected that thorough and compre- 

 hensive examination of each individual dog which it is 

 his custom to make, and which is expected by his constitu- 

 ents. The officers of the Association were most constant 

 in their labors, and courteous in their attentions, and we 

 take this opportunity to thank, most sincerely, Mr. S. H. 

 Slifer, President, Mr. Geo. O. Brown, Secretary, and 

 Messrs. J. Addison Smith, and others of the officers and 

 Executive Committee for their kindness. 



WHO WON. 



Taking the catalogue in regular order, we find that the 

 premium for imported English setter dogs was quite at the 

 mercy of Rock, who seems to hold honors and years re- 

 markably well, and who will now probably retire from the 

 bench to make room for some of his promising progeny. 

 Mr. Westcott was second with his Peuigree, a dog from 

 Mr. Laverack's kennel, that has improved wonderfully 

 since we saw him first. Suipe received an H. C, but the 

 fourth and last entry in this class was improperly placed 

 there. Mr. Westcott was also successful in the bitch 

 class with Magnet, a little blue Bel ton, imported at the 

 same time with Pedigree, too little, if friend "Homo" will 

 pardon us, and scarcely the specimen, in appearance at 

 least, that we should have expected Mr. Laverack to send 

 to this country. Brenda, with which Capt. Foster, was 

 second is a lovely bitch, only thirteen months old, by 

 Pride of the Border out of Kirby, and the same exhibitor 

 completely claned the puppy classes with a litter six 

 months old by Rock out of Kirby. '1 his lot all had Roc.k's 

 splendid head, and also his color, and the gyp, Minna 

 will be heard from again. As might be expected, the 

 native English setter class was a large one, and must have 

 been a difficult one to judge, as i here were many more 

 good dogs to the proportion of bad ones than is usually 

 seen. General opinion coincided with that of the judge in 

 the award of first honors to Tell, a grand dog, and work- 

 man all over, but we were rather disappointed to see the 

 red ribbon go to Snooks, a dog handsome enough to look 

 at (too handsome, in fact, and apparently more titled for 

 the parlor than the kennel), but who seemed, to our eye at 

 Umt d to kcJs somet-bmg that "iraufi kMfec&,*' Ws wi 



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