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the way we hunt them. We hunt together on horseback 

 until the lioga find a covey. We then dismount and fire into 

 theai. Wo then work up the single birds as long as wo can 

 find them. After th-y are too badly scattered we mount our 

 horaes and hunt tor another covey, and so on throughout the 

 hunt. It is such an easy matter to find new coveys that we 

 do not work up the .scattered birds anythinglike as thoroughlj' 

 as our Northern brethren do. Oar dogs generally run in and 

 get the dead l)irda iis Boon as the gun fires, consequently a 

 great many birds are flushed. It is a counnon thing to find 

 ten or fifteen coveys of quail iti half a dav'a hiiut. iT is only 

 within the last two or three years that Mississippi hiis had a 

 game law, and considering tlie fad that we Ijave iiuver been 

 accustomed to much restraiut of that kmd th<< game law is 

 very well observed. The close season for quail and turkey 

 is from April 1 to Septenib(!r 15, deer from May 1 to ISep- 

 teuiber 15. 



Allhough llii.s is rulu an out-of-the-way place that we can 

 scarcely rver liojic to have any of our Northern brethren 

 partake of our hospitnlilicfl o' share with us our field sports, 

 yet i will sity lo them that if any should ever stray down 

 thus far I will asHiuv them a heartv and cordial welcome, 

 and that thev will receive all the courtesv and attention that 

 thecirctiuistiinres of our people will admit of. And I will 

 further tissvire tliein that we are nothing like as bad down 

 here iis mir ^uilwart Republican friends would have the 

 country believe, imd though some of ua are pretty handy 

 with the shot-gun yet we rarely ever use anvthing larger than 

 No. 8 shot. 



Well, Mr. Editor, if this should prove of any interest to 

 your paper, you may possibly hear from me again at some 

 future time. J. A. R. 



SQUIRREL-SHOOTING. 



MiPPi.iNTOwN, Pa., Dec. 2. 



WHY is il that in your paper so little is said about squii'- 

 rel-huuiing? CertainJy the sport is exciting and while 

 possibly not to be'ranked with grouse and quail-hunting, it 

 nevertheless requires a good shot to bring down a squn-rel 

 when running at the top of his hpeeil tlnough the leafy 

 branches of the trees, when " now you see him atid now you 

 don't " follow in such quick snccespii.n. Did you ever stand 

 at the corner of a field and atteiniit to shoot a red stpiirrel 

 running on ti wnnu fence ? If you have not, try it, and then 

 say if it requirea no skill to .shoot squirrels. There are cer- 

 tainly some of your many readers that are fond of this sport 

 aud who could occasionally say sometMng in the Foi-.e.-i- .\nd 

 Strbam in its favor. To introduce the subject I ivill give 

 you uiv e.Nperienee with an old foy-squirrel lie:HHl I hud 

 known cae-ii other f'jrl_bree vea-rs--that is, wewei-eacquaiuleil 

 at lotig lanue. 1 knew where he harbored and lie knew I 

 knew it, and whenever I could make it convenienl I called on 

 him, but he invariably closed the door in my face. It hap- 

 pened, however, that he was out one day and I called in his 

 absence. As he was on his way home he discovered that I 



irled 10 strategv. About 

 r sioofl :t. lai'ge oak ; wtien 

 ion and 1 went rnund aud 

 ay one thousand times, bii!. 

 •neg to the opposite side, 

 lid everything to frighten 

 II the opposite side of the 

 mid never reach home, and 

 vas- 1 was outwitted. After 

 ring lo get a shot at him, 

 I bethLiught me of a fishing 

 line i had in my hunting-coat. To luill olf in v coat, hang it 

 on a bush, ])lace my liat on top, tie the line lo the bush and 

 unreel suliicient In allow me to get to the opposite side of the 

 tree u:- my iiriiti-.'vised hunter required but a short time. Giv- 

 ing ni} line a quiek pull and instantly throwing my gun to 

 my shoulder 1 had the satisfaction of seeing him whisk 

 around to my side. He did not whisk back. 



Sanoho Pakza. 



"held the l\ 

 sevelitv-live 

 he reaclied i 

 round that 

 I'll come u' 

 Hung my a 

 him, but III 

 tree. He L 

 I knew ill), 

 spending nv 

 idea ], 



lie 

 u-ds from Ids liai 



allied where he 

 liour in eiideavi 

 etritted my cranium. 



A2T AFTER ECHO. 



Peteolia, Ontario. 

 Editor Forent and Stream : 



Enclosed please fiud $4, renewal of my subscription for 

 FoKBST AND Stukam. The PoKKBT ASD Stkeam's expose of 

 the Dittmar powder is complete and tiushing. The man 

 who worked up the case either is, or ought to be, a lawyer, I 

 B lould say. 



Idoir'tthiuk that a "Dittmar Powder Co." eNo. 24,386), 

 placing a label .ai the bottom of each can, two on each side, 

 a seal on each cover, ami a duplex patent safety plug in the 

 nozzle, could revive it. 



If any man, aftor readiuL' the able arliclo in FoRE.'iT and 

 Stream, uses Dittmar powflir lie will iiave te th.nuk inborn 

 mulishness for his ijoor Ijag eaie day, aud his burst gun (with 

 accompaniments) the ue.xt. 



Most sportsmen have experimented with Dittmar powder : 

 many bad already given it up ; many more, in consequence 

 of your article, have given it up, or will give it up in the 

 immediate future. 



Dittmar powder is practically dead, and sportsmen who 

 were nsing it, or were going to use it, are deeply indebted to 

 the Forest asb Streaji for giving the diabolical compound 

 i:a death blow. 



The scientific prelude lo the Dittmar article was very 

 happily thought of ; something of the sort was no doutjt 

 necessary for a considerable class of readers. H. A- P. 



ATHASKSorvrso HcST- '• ' ' '"' "; ""-_'_ 

 the most vivid of my boy' 

 matches that used to take 

 Jersey, on Thanksgiving :^.-„. - i .^;-- 

 boyish enthusiasm would rise to a white • ca- 



sions. I remember too how, during one a at 



Bound Brook, on the low land stretching il ,ior- 



sey Oenlral R. K., to the Ratitan River, the couieat was 

 brought to a sad and sudden close by the bursting of a gun 

 which effectually severed a man's hand froni his forearm. I 

 find that shootiu^matches and hunting are popular pastimes 

 for sportsmen in IlUnois on Thanksgiving Day. A number 

 of gentlemen in our village combined the two sports on last 

 Thursday in a rather novel manner. TJiey came together 

 and chose sides, tossing up I suppose for the first choice as 

 tiiey used to do when we were boys for an old fashioned 

 game of base ball. They then sallietf forth in every du^ction 

 each to his favorite hunting grounds, with the understanding 

 that the side that baggetj the least game shoudd pay for a 

 good Thanksgiving supper. At uight all hands returned to 



the village with an aggregated score of eighty-sis rabbits, 

 three quails, three partridges and two ducks. True to the 

 agreement the losing side provided a first class supper, of 

 which all partook with a keen relish after their hard day's 

 tramp. His. 



TRXAS—JndiiiHoh', AVc. 18.— For the past two days have 

 had the coldest snap I have ever seen thus early for years. 

 Large flocks of swan, geese and lUieks liave been pa.ssing 

 over town. Jacksnipe veiT plenty in tlie marsties around 

 town. From yoiu- answei* to my queries I suppose my gun 

 must be excessively choked. The gun is a "Scott." bought 

 by me from Messrs. Read & Son, Boston, and the pattei-na 

 sent with the gun are 26a R. H. and 379 Ij. H. barrel, 'No. 8 



lot, 80 in. eirele, 40 yaids. Have mUoI, her at the bottom of a 

 eomnion suap bu.v, ICiO stnde.s, and stuck uvelve ^■o. 15 shotiu 

 the buv so thev would have to be iiieked out with a knife, 

 fom- drs. powd<a-. fi shot. JS'o. 4 sli..t, same di-iance, struck 

 it with five pellets, one of which went clean tiirougli. Do 

 you think this a good reeeail ? Can I do anything to hiiprove 

 the gun for genei~al shooting? Tliere ave" spots in.side the 

 barrels which I cannot remove by the eadiiiary mode of clean- 

 ing, although 1 try veiy hard. ' They can t rust, as I take 

 great pains to keep my gun very cleau. is it lead ? and what 

 would you advise to remove thein f Gun is almost new, has 

 been shot oidy this seasfju. (i, A. 



The spots, if they are simply the ao-oalled lead, can prob- 

 ably he removed by a wire brush with kerosene. We would 

 not risk changing the gun. 



SnooTiNG iTioM Tkeus— i'ftt/, i/o., ^oc 33. — 1 notice 

 in your paper vmIous opinions in regard to ruffed 

 grouse freeiiifi' In several years experience hunting 

 this bin I 1 I'iave found that" with the right kind of 

 a d'lg I hat liilly one-half of the birds found will tree. 

 The ticig useel was a Blenheim spaniel. I have shot as many 

 as five from one tree. Canada was the shooting ground. In 

 that part of the world we do not have quail nor pinnated 

 grouse, and n good pai-tridge dog is very valuable; I had 

 one. I brought the dog to this country with nie, and found 

 the habits of the bird the .Siune- In one iustanee the dog kept 

 one in a tree while I went at least a quarter uf a rnile tor my 

 gun. The birds, are not plenty here, but habits the same as 

 in the >Jortli. Can it desired senil you an occa.sional note in 

 roliacnv'e i.i sporting ri;sorts in tlie central part of Canada, 

 also some hints about wild rice and fishing. G. H. 



We shidl be much pleased to receive tlie notes. 



Calitoksia State Assooiation. — The California State 

 Spoitsnien's Assofuaiion liave adopte<l a constitution which 



sets forlli that, the objecl of I he assoeiation is : The preser- 

 g.aine and fish ; in-oteeiing llie same by legal means 



valiiai 

 iufiiie!: 

 diti 



spiueliealile, the euiiriment of Such ad- 

 !tl la*s ami ordinaiiei;s a;- iii.i',- be founil uei-essary to 

 accomplisii that, end: In e:iiv,ree Hi,,o. Ivws: i,i/ bring to and 

 stock our .State with tlie dirieieiii vnijoiies of fish and game 

 birds; In encourage raid advance the interest taken in field 

 s|io)ls, and geiuaall) tei attend to and guard such matters 

 tlierewitli eoimeeted^iis iuh> be of benefit to the sportsmen of 

 t'alifoiiua. Tlie Asseieiaiion has the following membership : 

 Crasj \'alle\ Spuitstnen's Club, Pajaro Valley Sportsmen's 

 C!nh, (iiikfainl Pige.jr, Shooting Club, Oakland Gun Club, 

 San Fraiieiseo Sportsraeu's Club, Stockton Gun Club, O'Neill 

 Gun Club aud the Calusa Shooting Club, 



NmRKbKK—JVifHh PlutU, Neh., Nm. 80.— Well, the boys 

 are having lots "f sport now. There have not been as many 

 deer eir ell; killed for years. M.J. Cohn's man killed two 

 miiuutain lions between here imd old Fort McPherson. We 

 hael a grand Tiiaiiksgiving shoot in this city— glass balls, 

 pigeons aud turkeys. Dillon, Baker aud Bradley did the best 

 shooting at balls and pigeons, getting their balls and birds 

 every time. David Perry, C. Gromc, P.radley and Baker left 

 all the rest on the turkeys. We have as goiid material here 

 for a rifle chdj a.s there .is in this country.^ TC Watts and a 

 party of friends are up on the Dismal Kiver hunting now, 

 having a good time. Jimmy Canon, the old Government 

 scout, is trapping this winter. M. 



Tknnissskk — Savcinnafi. Nov. 37. — Owing to heavy rains 

 bird-sliiioting has been very poor this month. C^uail are not 

 to be found in tlieir wonted haimta and are su|jposed to htive 

 taken to the woods and tliickets for shelter. 'Phe late cold 

 snap brought in the duck'j ar.d geese at an earlier date than 

 usual and some good liags have lieeu made. While out after 

 quail on the afternoon ..i '! i,;.,it.;sgiving Day 1 found a small 

 '■liuncli" of nuil[:r i - .k andgot in two shots, !«g- 



ging four, ihi-ee oi i ,, drakes. The change in the 



day of publication < i ym : i]::! suits me exactly, as I now 

 get that most interesting journal on Saturday night — a most 

 pleasant close to a bard week's work. WiLt.. 



RmTED GKODSii — Jhicl/y/t, ,¥«,;,*., Ike. i. — V uoticc iu thls 

 week's issue the weiL'tiis of mlfed giriuse, which I call par- 

 tridge. In Oct(4ier. is:h. Zdr. 0. H." Davenport and myself 

 weregimri _ \ " oti in this State. Mr. Davenport 



killed'ap •, -ighed twenty-eight ounces, and I 



shotKiid..-. jck which weighed thirty ounces. 



Theseweie ,..v.,.j ,,a,^ ii».avicsl birds of the kind that i have 



ever seen iu Massaeiiusetts. 



H, 8. 



\r 1.. inK n.r _A nrivatc letter from Mr. S. V. R. Bray- 

 ton 'loinred Game Protectors of the State 

 of lie great enemy of the ruffed grouse 

 i^ ' L'iati.ijos in Albauy County exceed 

 iiiiiied. As there is no bounty 

 liope that all good sports- 

 . I'l duty to shoot every cat 

 louuu in lue uciu.^ ui vv.juus. ii\ all means shoot the cat. 



Skxd us His Name — Grcenpoint, Nov. 35. — Sditor Forext 



and Stn-mm : I heard of a c-a.se where a man laid poison on 

 his grouud for the purpose of stopping gunner.^ from hunting 

 on Ills gromids. Two hounds were ijoisoned there last week 

 and died within fifteen minutes. This happened on Great 

 Neck, L. I. Will you please inform me if this cannot be 

 stopped ? ' Gkeenpoint. 



RuoDB Island — Nmifport, De<!. 4. — Last week Isaac Chase 

 brought into town four woodcock that he shot on our island. 

 He says plover and woodcodc shooting has been the best this 

 season for a number of years. Gimit Lafarge shot a Florida 

 galina at the pond. It was in fine condition and has been 

 wounded. Thtu bird is seldom found so far North. F. 



Big Black Bass. — A black bass of six and a quarter 

 pounds was taken from Oswego Lake (N. Y.) by Mr. Justus 

 Potter, of CooperstowB, one day last month. The people who 

 have done so much toward stocking this beautiful sheet of 

 water until it is fairly swarming with fish are about making 

 it warm for poachers. 



SHOOTINQ MATCHES. 



Yachtsjikk at rHEScoBE.— Por( J/o 

 erbocker Gan Club is composed of tbe in.: 

 booker Y.icht (Jluh interested in shooting, 

 members of the yueht club together duri 

 IJiir elub 



s, N,yc. 2B.-Th6 Knick- 



lembers of the Kuicker- 



lad serves to keep the 



ig the winter months, 



nt Port Morris is upon the year through, and we 

 ale pleastui to welcome visitors at all times. At the meeting of 

 tlie Onu (jlub, held Nov. 16, the following officers were elected for 

 ilie ensiling year : President, Geo. E. Hobby ; Secretary, Alfred 

 Vaiisn : Treasm-er, Wni. Potter, Jr. 



The glttsa baU match for the gnu club medal was a handicap 

 match, rotary trap used. 



T X. Jacques iT> yards .i orioiiioilit] \—ji 



\V Potter, .Tr 2,^ , , , . , 



J V Seaman tf 



AStHllike 25 



A E Miller is 



EPMowton IS 



OKUotibr 18 



D FCauglilan ib 



W Fulton, Jr 83 



KHMlller 18 



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Jacques therefore wins the medal and the first exti-a piize, 

 Potter receiving second pilze. 



At the conclusion of the glass bid! match the shooters aud their 

 friends adjourned to the elub house aud enjo>'ed ii good turkev 

 dinner. At 2 e. ir. the pigeon shooters were called to their marks. 

 This was also a handicap match, 5 birds being shot at. Five traps, 

 5 yards apart, 80 yards boundary. The following is the score : 



WPotxer.Jr Myai'as l l i ] i- s 



TN Jacques BO 



Checlsey. ...W 



J V Seaman 'i- 



A i Frenei m 



A Stelnie - 30 



D F c.^ugtllan 25 



W Fulton, .Tr 2SI 



A E ?.Itlt,;r 2T 



TT Nb.oii 28 



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I'wo prizes were offered hi each uuituli in additiou to (he medal. 

 No man to receive more than one e,\tra and prize during the day. 

 The tie between Jacques and Potter was sliot off at three birds, 

 Potter killing his three straight, Jacques two. Neither of these 

 gentlerne^i were entitled to the prizes, having won first and second 

 priises iu the glass ball rnatcli. Mr. Chedsey therefore received 

 the first prize. Mes.^rs. Freiicb, Seaniau and Steinke then shot off 

 the tie fur tlje seeond pn/.t. Seaman kiUod his three birds, win- 

 ning the prize. i'reucU tsilltd L', Steinke 0. 



\Vashinoion' (ii.v (Jli 

 ttic hrst practice shoot, ui 

 one silver iee pitcher, oie 

 sinking fund ; to aid in 

 tournament. The weiLthei- 

 amah, only llui-teen inembt 

 won the first prize, and Mi'. 

 Miller. 



Fu-8t match, 20 yards : 



.Jolm BteiKlii;,' 



fapt. Tiiislow 



\t. Rwk 



K. B. RltientiDUSe 



B. N. V.'atis 



A. MeK-alle 



J. t:otier, torH. Kornaaus... 



H. Carrlet:, torMr, Buuer 



G. Aiuijrnster 



H. Carrlck 



J. Cotter, for Mr. Da Gi-oot.. 



J.Kvaus 



H. Heaeruan , . 



W. If. Cotter 



Second matcli : 



H. nedemaa 



.J. miiTkmg 



B. B. RlTienliou.se 



H. Altenbi'ioid 



T. E. .Morg.m 



U. Heeleiiian 



,T. Cotter, tur H. KornaniLs .. 



B.>;. Watts 



H. iletleraan, for U. Koruaai 

 B. N. Wau.s, tor H. Jllller... 

 J. Cotter, tor H. Alteubraiirt. 



.-Jiruokiyn, E. I).. JS'ov. 30.— Score Of 

 uithe N. \. State ralcK, for two prizes— 

 let tine cia\erK, Object-To add to the 

 .itraying tsiienses for the next State 

 tieing Htoiniy tlie attendance was very 

 us coming lo the. ocore, Mr. Metcalfe 

 . B. N. Watts won tbe second for H. 



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Nothing puriges and emichts the blood aud destroys all poibons 

 u the system like Hop Bittcra. 



P/e Qenml. 



FIXTURES. 



I SWestern Penna. Poultrv Association Bench Show, January 17 

 18 and 19, at Pittsbnrgh, Pa. Charles IJuoohi, Supt, 



EASTEltN PiJiLD TEIAL8. 



Wkdnksdav, Deobmbkk 1. 



THE snow, which had commenced falling on Tuesday 

 evening, changed into a dripping rain early iu the morn- 

 ing, so that when we rose iietiuies and looked across the bay 

 Robin's Island was slirouded in a fog. There was a, disposi- 

 tion on the part of some to brave the storm, but Wiser coun- 

 sels prevailed and the dogs were given a full feed and stoves 

 wei-e hugged throughout the day. 



TUTTBSDAY, DtJCEMBEB 3. 



The morning opened rough, with the wind blowing a gale 

 from the northwest— anything but a day on which to teat the 

 scenting C[unlities'ot dogs. An early start was made across 

 the bay, at 8 o'clock, and another judge, Dr. J. C. Monroe, 

 of Brooklyn, N. Y., was added to the trio v.diich had acted 

 in the Nursery and Puppy Stakes, and Mr. George T. Lrach, 

 of New York City, was appointed Refej'ec. Treasurer lfall| 

 the oflicial scorer, with a view to signaling the decision of 

 the judges from time to time, had armed himself with a red 

 and a blue flag, the waving of the former intending to denote 

 a demerit and the waving of the latter a merit, but as no 

 means had been provided for specifying which dog in Uie 



