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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[September 16, 1880. 



iif th'_'ti.lf^J Ihat ebh o 



iw through that i 

 trciikpri. wilh a S 

 rill bv 2tin. Ijoiirr 

 owhat ainlilshipa 



iithowHnds'eiL 



elliiit 



;itjo-c 



. lo..tr hy 

 -n of I he 



ml of uc(.utcr-ti_._ . ____ 

 \ ai>i'L,i liii. lu-io\v the KtirtT-"ii"^ streaks, 

 iheails iii-ii placed HU. from bow and stern, 

 i meiiil ot iiuy Itinii vi»it)le, and the bont'a 

 [litijd to toot-boardB, stretcher, back-board, 



inilfs, I 



>st c 



a made 



cull II 



aip.i 



hi, keel aud 



.■tLiJ, Uie line lines allowed 

 , :uii>iKt.' m speed over her 

 ) the mile, uud ibis ill a 

 .■et unused to her. 

 he sailiicff oanue carrytngr 

 he paddiinj? boat, though 

 fion to wall for ih(! other, 

 ■in duiinjr the morning's 



- .11' shore, wilh 



43ft. or- m ;ireraa-e time, 



oooKRloniiilv ii..~~r.| liuriiiK- a pull', had i 

 and could ensil.v li.ive lett her far ual 



ruu; whUe later, ill al mile tuj.' iig-aii-- _ 



She simply wall;ed .SI raisfht away from her beamy mute, with as 

 little ado aa though the lattta" liad been a canal boat. Then, 

 though no very rouuh wiiier was inn thiougli, enough of a lap 

 ■was met tn show the sleadinoss given to tne now boat by her 

 lonifth, and theatiffening caused by the Hattening of her floor 

 ainid.ihlns. 



lloui-ii.-, ii :.,■■: iiiiMii^vhoutlhuduy thevalue of the Ingh eara- 

 l.eren,i,_, I ; ,, " I ! v. oil and hitrh vyell ei imbin"- became more 

 liiel iin r ; . I :!, i he Water Washed over her deelc it rolled 



oil. as hill. .! iiiii!.'- ii!iel(, iioi, a drop tlndiiiu- lie whv into the 

 Weil, wiule ,.\eri ilie dri|j from the paddle, which in other boats so 

 pei.sisieiMly s..aks ilie euiioeist'a Irousers, tell, baffled and power- 

 lenM lor liarm, ,.n ,lrck. 



.\S a test 



d' ln'r-tilliies';. 



ler captain 



lay down 



Hat on deelc, and 





liuie before Mi 



• bout rehu 



led agait 



St so unusual a 



proceeding 



.trid rolled him 



iverlioard. 



He then. 



while she tloaled 



boKoiii up. 





tiside, rigb 



od her, m 



.junted over the 



Bteru, and r 



etfained bis sea 



ill tlu: wt 



11 wiilioi 



I Ihe leitHt diffl- 



culty. 











U'hen on 





1 herself of tbe most 





dispMSi.ioil. 



al!o\v'iior two r 



ell lo erabr 



ace her, each with one arm. 



lllui earr.v 1 



(■rwliitlier thr 



y would, a 



piece of 



complalsunco in 



marked eoi 



ir.isl wiih thee 



•xaeiiii^ spirit shown 



by soiiac canoes. 



who in~i>r 1 



pontheu.se.if 





nd, now 



and then, of an 



0.x icuin, w 



im they are lo 



je removed from i he 







tile Kill VcHl K 



nil proved 1 



erselfall that her designer 



t»xpected, a 



id as she stands-handsoa 



e, light 1 



f draught, com- 



ioriublc. li^ 





g wooden 





1 lie. easy under 



paddle in ei 



Im or wind, wi 

 1 to be food for 



h or againa 

 rust, guiltl 



M'^'^"' ' 





wllieliar,. V 



■aier-iishtoniy 



when 1 hew- 



lUi, - 



li which 



lure thecau 





by temptil 







rubber h„(.- 



— Blie IS ilnib.ub 





111. 



1,..;, 'i.ad.iling 



cruisllls ea 











it Id peilK 









. suit the critical 



taste of the 



eelllei-lioai 



W::. nodia. 



paddler, an 



''■;■;-;,'.;;„ 



full ot sails and 

 it ion, she should 





iisinif bach t. 



1 the eanoel 



isf fold bi 



It a single one of 





i-neep, who 





aly dispo 



rt themselves in 







oes lifted » 



itb outriggers and sculls, 



LUUI ^d'.^:i' 



i.iu t-beir uposti 



ey lo a pity 



ug won.. 



, surely her pro- 



duetioa wii 



not have been 



la vain. 



WlI.T, 





Srooktyn, 



Sept. Zd. 









AMERICAN CANOE ASSOCIATION. 



EdWor FVircst and Stream:— 



The reportaot Cotnm-itteos are not vet in. The canoeists are 

 still lingerjtig along our Bhorcs. Lord Dutferln'a eanoo, a Hob 

 K.iy. I3(t. lotig. wi b its new owner, .Mr. K. \V. Baldwin, li. E, 

 from Ottawa, (Canada, reached the lalte on tbe i'Jtb. Mr. Baldwin 

 g-„v>.i. hisni.M,.. fi.iMt,e,nbersliip to the American Canoe Aasu- 

 ei-H-ii :. ii-.li ilin- srt sail f.-ir homo. St. Paul, Minn., was 



■i r .1 I II I., iiiii its ciii/.ehs for our ne-vt annual meet- 



I-, I I iiibers of the Canoe Ass.) -iation preferred 



l.-i :■ ill I I 1 1! I i'lie;:i-. so the ne.vt meeting wlil be here. 



.luilgi- Nie!iii|; - ;.!.: i.-ii ind Mr. laieien W'ulsin, of Clncln- 



i Lake t 



of the I'.. 

 LUinoo 01 

 oiution. 



upofU.__ 

 n Miss Lau 



le. .liidge Long 

 an.l Vice-Com 

 '. Lucicn Wul i 



lAike QuDijOt .ii(i/. 30Oi. 



New To 

 off theclnl 

 light WeStf 

 dliiig race for sill 



and an upset ra. 



In popularity the upset races seem to carry oU 



Bunched Shots. — Aug. 2lst. — I notice what A, B. 

 saya .•ib.iutliis tritil at tartjet with cliillecl shot out of a 

 choke gnu. Myself and friemi Imd the same thing 

 happoii wilh its a year ago. with cliilied shot, having 

 trit^d tjve .sliot.s with a Parker ami, ten cyliniltr borei, at 

 forty varils, and tlnoe ot iha .shots liuiiclied tmd went 

 thriHigh an inch lioard, making a liole tluee-quarlers of 

 an incii in diauiotor. 'Die otlier two made a good pattern. 

 Several other members of the club tried it, and all com- 

 plained of tbe same thing. 



— AUout one liuodred persons witnessed a curious spectacle at 

 Laosiiisburg, N. T., recently. It was notbiog more nor less thi 

 a bird CYecntion. ,Vn Bnglisli sparrow bad by sorno means i 

 ourred llie .bspli-rtsuro of apair of red-breasled r.ibins. nested 

 a tree near Itauson Hall. A light took place between the spar- 

 row and robins on tbe rear of tbe roof ot the Itawson Hall bulld- 

 ing-. The sparrow fought plucklly until all at once one of the 

 robins liewoff. while the other kept up ttio ligliting. The robin 

 messeng'Or soon returned with a piot:e of a cord, that was B 

 wound iiPOUildile. .!• in IS i.Li-1;, and the end held in th.i bill of 

 OUOOf the B-veeu' I II '. I iiine, ihe sparrow was forced off 



thu Odjje of the ;. I II I I ikiy attacked by the other rot 

 Thus Situated tile -,iai...jiv was comparatively helpless, mid i 

 Short time hung susiietiaed by the neck, dead. After holding tli 

 ViCtiiuaiid packing him uulilassiired he was beyond resurreell 

 the vlotorioua robins How to their nest in the tree, singing ni 

 rjlyi as though gloryiuu oyer tUair vanquished fos. 



§^ntf §^g nrid §nti. 



— Address all communications to ' 

 Publishing Company, New York." 



Forest and Streati^ 



GAMB IN SEASON JN SEPTEMBER.* 



, ,.,- eiii-Oinn. 



Elk or wiipifi. Varviin canacionsis. 

 Ited or Virginia deer, ('. mij/iiit- 



anvt.s 

 .5guirrelB-red, black and grav. 



Heed i 



l.l, DDhilln) 



chickei 

 Buffed gi 



tliisu lo, 

 Qtiailori 



Woodcock, Phtlohela minor. 

 Blaclc-belbcd plover, ox-ej 0, 



;^qualniolii lulretica. 

 l.ong-billcd curlew, Numeniu.f 



?finf/oeHftis. 



callcobaek, .Sd.p- 



,;/.( 



ijitiy 



KeJ-bl__ __ . .^. . _. 



Ked-baeked aindpiper, 



hird, I'nnijn luiuncima 



tJieat marbled srodHit, c 





Im. Liii 



iifliii 



Wlllet, 7V 

 Tatilei, /oM II' / 

 YeUow-hank~ J. 



ridge, (iilip-vv 

 Sora. rail, I'm-zmia cat olina 



general, and 18 in conlbct nllhmimy of 



^mpahimtus 



♦This enumeration 

 the Stato laws. 



"Bay tiirds" generally, including rarious species of plover, 

 sandpiper, snipe, curlew, oystei-eatoUer, surf bird, phalai'opes, 

 avoeets, etc.. coming under the group Limacolas., or shore birds. 

 Many States permit prairie fowl (pinnated grouse) shooting after 

 Aug. 1.5th. 



USEFUL GUN TRIALS. 



ViCKSBCRG, Miss., A-ug. dOth. 

 Editor Forest and Stream : — 



For several years I have been a close reader of Forest 

 .\ND Stream, and have derived no inconsiderable pleas- 

 ure fr.nm a pprus.al of its columns. I have been more 

 liartiouiarly interested in shot guns aiicl the best wav oi 

 loadiiiK them. Over a vear at;o my liruther and I made 

 a trial with our suns f.ir pattern and [leiiel ration, slioot- 

 ine- nearlv lOU sliots eaeli with different sizfs of sliot and 

 ditferent charges of both powder and sliof. Tlie result 

 was iiut ill tabular form and publisliod in Fouil.sr and 

 Stkeam, Tbe result showed that tlie maximum charge 

 of pov.'der for and .Silb. 12 bore gun was 3Adrs., and 

 for a 9lh, 10 liore gun 4drs. ; Hoz. slnjt for tiie former 

 anil li for tlie latter. We tooli great pains witit our trial, 

 and found the results remarkably tmiform when the 

 same charges were used : especiaUy the penetration, 

 which seldom differed as much as 10 per cent. Having 

 sold Div ol'l gun :ind purcliaserl a new one, choked, 1(1 

 liore, of .Scott's make, weight O.llbs.. I have been 

 tempted to make still further trials in order to see 

 wliat this gun would do. The shots were fired over 

 the same ground, distance 10 measured yards, Btit, as 

 former trial, as publislied, probably lias not beer 



del 



recollected 

 I will agaii 



For obtaining p 

 inches on the ins 

 this trough was gi 

 lin, Ivtlo each (. 

 slipped, the Irimt,'! 

 trough was \>\\.>m : 

 the open emi i ' 

 tained at the |,| ., 

 firmer, luit ahiii)-,u 

 Uuited .St; 

 so that all r.ur cm 

 Theexposeil surf: 

 wlial «-e called cl 



n liy 



■ibc the ■ 

 i.dietfatii 



large i 



islal c; 

 lata h: 



s at the 

 ;ii...ter. 

 - cut to a 



Wc'proc 

 nadt 



I bee 



■ of yo 

 ,s made, 

 led a trmigh H'- tiy ! 

 long. The inside" o; 



IJenetratiou card w.a; 

 iiiing Mb cards. Thi' 

 Mid of llie range, will 

 The Cards 

 unifoi-ia siz 

 lie tliickue. 

 ifod(|iiite a tpiantity 

 ;th the same card's 



readers. 



ililile 



f the first card in tlie box foi 

 auall pattern, 31 by 5in. For a large 

 patrei-n ■' uniiuiu-lied " wall iiaper was.used, out into pieces 

 hsiri. sipuire. l'n;vi,itis to each shot one of those was tack- 

 e<lto stakes imniediaielv in frontof tbe trough containing 

 penetration carls. Novc. when a shot \vas lired, this wtis 

 iiiimhered. taken down, laid aside lor future examina- 

 tion, and aiiol lier put up. Then the number of pellets 

 .■nteiiiig tlie hrst penetration card were noted ; then the 

 number of cards penetrated by the majority of the sh'it 

 lied. That is, if I pellets had passed through the 



first 



■d. 

 ■ks GOUM 1)0 f 

 card, and a few 

 were carefnilv c 

 them. Ill this w 

 or 5 shots. It W;l: 



before statist, tlif 



majority of sin 

 oO per cent. b. 

 lie as great a. p.- 

 this dilTereiice ; 

 In comparing 

 weight loz. Jess 

 both almost cxi 

 with 1J-0S4. No. 

 old gim gave s;i 

 cent, ill pattern 



ibablv 

 old ku 



iimted a.s far a.s foti'r sin. 

 d. Then tbe shot marks on tlie hrsl, 

 i-acli side of the limit of penetration 

 keil off by drawin;.; an () around 

 die set of cards couki be used for 4 

 ifini ihat '3 shots would piss so near 

 . teio- tlie card between them. As 

 iiiiber of cards [lenetrated was re- 

 rm f.ir tlie Baiiic size shot and same meas- 

 and sliot— couiKiiig those pierced by tlie 

 it. though often 1 or 2 would fall -10 to 

 iliind, while 1 or 3 strong ones would 

 the lea.l. I .laiuiot account for 

 ■ of jaiitr readers could, 

 -hicii was a 10 bore Scott, 

 tb the new one, I found 

 acllv ccpiiil, with 31 and Mrs. of powder, 

 ij shot. But ini using I4d!s. powder the 

 ■iiiie penetration, 28 cards, and lost :iO per 

 1, wliile tne new gun gave increased pen- 

 ds, aud within ,"i pellet;s of the same pat- 

 tern, on the wall paper, namely 118. These figures are 

 the average of 4 siiots vmIIi each gun. I attributed this 

 advantage ill the new gnu to its being Ooz. heavier. I 

 found upon trial jhat 4idrs. powder was the Jtiaximutn 

 I'cr tills gnu, ami if I were going to shoot a bear I would 

 not put a heavier charge in it than tliat. 



I then shot to compare different grades of powder, 4 

 shots with each "grade, 4drs. powder, lioz. No. 6 shot, 

 with following result as the average : 



Small Penelra- Large 



pattern. tion. pattern. 



nupont'sFKG - .. 7! W 121 



Oriental Sea tshootiiig No. 3..,,..- 81 2.iJ 113{ 



Oraugo DuokiDg No . •! 7! 311 ItIT 



The first brand cost in this market 3.5 cts. per lb., the sec- 

 ond 45 ots., the third 05 cts. This shows tjuite a differ- 

 ence in the strength of different bi-ands of powder. It 

 a'so shows by the large pattern that the .stronger tlie 

 powder the greater the tendency in tlie shot to scatter. 



My next trial was on the two last brands, same shot 

 and'4idrs. powder, 4 shots with each brand. 



Small Peaetra- Large 



imttera, tlon. pattern. 



oriental i....„ii; .... 6* 29 U8i 



orange. ., » 30* l^ 



ghowlng but a sliglit gain for strong powder, but con- 



siderable for the other. Thirty and a half is the highest 

 I could get for penetTation with No. 6 shot. 



My next trial was to determine the relative value of 

 coarse and fine powder, shootingthe "Oriental Sea Shoot- 

 ing" of different numbers, No. 3 was the coarsest used, 

 and this 1 found to be, in an average of four sliots with 

 each grade, only one-half card trreater peneirniion tlian 

 No 3, though Uie ret oil of No. 3 was less. There is no 

 question now m my mmd as to the advantages of eoaise 

 over hue nowder. The trials proved No. 3 '■Oriental .Sea 

 Shootmg,^" or No. 4 "Orange Dttcking," as about the 

 proper coarseness for breech-loading shot guns. There 

 are many who claim to be sportsmen who sluxit much 

 liner grained powder, getting less penetration and greater 

 rectiil, with its accompanying sore shoulder and head- 



My next Iri.ilwas with Dittmar. My brother and I 

 ttseci tins powder very successfully winter before last, 

 shooting ilurks at long range on tlie Mi-sissipiii River. It 

 gave but little teport, smoke or recoil, tmd at reasonable 

 ili-tances kdied the birds dead, fully eipial to the beet 

 gratlts of lilai k powder. We were much phrased with it. 

 Last « Intel a lew cans were bought liy members of the 

 Marooner Club, ol this city, but allabaudoued it as unsat- 

 isfactory. A few shots were tried at the target, with 

 poor results. JVIost of that powder to this day has not 

 been used. However, in the hope that the company were 

 making better powder now, a half dozen can.s were re- 

 cently ordered for members of the clttb. The grades pro- 

 cured were of the "B" aud "C" brands. The powder 

 performed poorly on glass balb, and tlid very pmirly at 

 the target as compared with blark pnvder. 1 shot lour 

 shots Willi each Iji-and, Irlrs. puu^dtr. 1) -z. No. li shot, 

 aud with two No. pink edge wads on powder and one 

 on shot, as directed on theouiside of the cans. In three 

 shots I faded to get a single shot in the small pattern or 

 penetration card. The average peuetxatioii of the other 

 li'.i. shots was below twenty-one cards, and the average 

 ]jattern of the eight shots on laige paper 'was exactly a5i, 

 luily about one-third of that given by black powder. 

 I'll." r.-'coil, repeirt, smoke and fouhng of the gim are aU 

 eoiisi.lerably le&-i than black powder, but witfu.ut pene- 

 tration and'patlerii erjual or nearlv so to lilack powder, 

 the powder is almost worthless to the sportsman who 

 nearly always wishes to shoot strong and close. There 

 may be a way to load this powder to obtain butier resultSj 

 but we have been unable to do it down here. 



My next trial was with Orange Ducking No. 4 and Ditt- 

 mar mixed, using 4drs. powder and l^oz. No. 6 Shot. 

 Result as follows :— 



Small Penetra- Lar^e 



pattern. Hon. patleia, 



1 riiniiiar. ; Orange «1 30 13U1 



! DiiiiH.ir, i OiauKO - 8i S6i ltl3 



Four shots were taken "with each mixture. The pene- 

 tration for all shots was quite imifonn, between as ahd 

 32 cards, and whUe there vvtis but u slight loss in penetra- 

 tive force with a fourth Dittmar, anil fuu little with one- 

 half DitlTnar. there was a decided iiuproveinent in pat- 

 tern— the best deciderlly lu b.ith miinber of pellets and 

 evenness of dislribulio'ri obtained on i.iir raii^e in a total 

 of nearly -300 sliots. In one shot with my right barrel, 

 which is very clnsely choked, sholUoadod with half Ditt- 

 mar and half Orange, I put 184 pellets m the ISiu.xlMui. 

 pattern. To mix it is the only way 1 oari make this Ditt- 

 mar [lerform. It perci'|ititily tliminishes the recoil, 

 smoke and report, ,in.l keeps the barrels practically 

 clisni, so that at aiiv tun.-, bv passing a wiper tlirough 

 J;liein, thev become smuotli, 



Itiir iria'ls incluileil from Xo. 4 to No. 8 shot. The rel- 

 ative penerr.ttiv.:- turee of the different sizes is as follows ; 

 xNo. 4, 45 cards ; No, 5, 39 cards ; No. B, 30 cards ; No. 7, 

 22 cards ; No. 8, 15 cards. 



All shells were carefully loaded by struck nieasiu'e 

 iDixou's), one cardboard wad next powda', one pink 

 edge on tii;;t th^^- one card board on the shot, except 

 the c.i- ■ I' ■ ' i! J, ill Dittmar. 



A1\M. II 'big to range (the trials taking us 



ihere n, u, i - i m gnns were clean, generally sligliUy 

 oiled, anil generally tlie Hist shot was tar below the aye I - 

 age in patiern, but aliout same in penelralitm. Some- 

 times the first shot was almost an entire t'adure : espe- 

 cially was this the ca.se wilh my left barrel, which in ihat 

 respect acted strangely with me. Once when clean it 

 gave me a regular Dittmar ]iattern with 47 shot in large 

 pattern and iinother tune only ."lO. The other barrel, when 

 clean, generally did heller than tbe left, though nearly 

 .liways h.l.nv the average. We seldom shot more than 

 10 or 14 limes at one sliooliiig, so 1 cannot stale how the 

 gtiii Wijiild act uii becoming Y..-i'y dnty, though for the 

 number of times shot \Phlioitt eleaiiiiigl Could perCeive 

 no diminution in peiieuaiioii fruiu fouling. 



All shooting was done with a rest, that the aim might 

 be true. 



It has been claimed that to test a gun on cards for pen- 

 etration is not the true way, on account of the shot tlat- 

 lening. In not a single fn.stance .lid we find this to be the 

 case. There were always plenty of .shot in the trough, 

 which had been stopped hv the cards, and in many in- 

 stances we found shot lodgetl in the cards, lu no 

 case were the shot preceptibly Hatteued. They appeared 

 lo be as round as when loaded m the case. 



In order to comi)are a choked gun with one unchoked, 

 we procured a cylinder Scott, lO'bore, O^lbs weight. Tiie 

 penetration w;is barely equal, whUe the pattern, both 

 large and smaU, was liiUy cuirty per cent, less than the 

 choke guns maile. 



As between a 10 and Vi bore gun, the 10 seemed to have 

 the advantage by fully 10 per cent, in penetrative force, 

 and would utilize one-half drachin more powder, and 

 ioz more shot. 



AU trials were made on dry days, and the cards were 

 carefully guarded against dampness. 



The above is the lesult of my shooting, boiled down. 

 It has taught ine much abtmt guns, aud how to load 

 thetu. I would not own a gtm without putting it to 

 some su.ib test. In that way I would develop its weak 

 and strong points, and learu how to humor it. Probalilv 

 every gun has Its whims. A sporlsimm must shui.t ot 

 game a longtime lo become acqiiaintccl wilh them. A I Hie 

 target, Willi care aud judgraeni, he suun knows them all, 

 anil can juit them on paper for future reference. After- 

 wards he can go in woods or marshes or to the Uap 

 with satisfaction that he can mttke his gun do ita level 

 best. 



Ihope that my testa maybe of some benefit to a few, 

 if not many, ol the great army of sportsmen who read 

 your paper. W. L. P, 



