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i^OREST AND STREAM* 



CJanttabt 6, 1881. 



Lost.— Ml-. WiH H. Atlee, Fort Mndison, Towa, baa lost 

 bia liver and wliite cocker do? pup, ftuii- months old. He has 

 four white I'eet and white belly ; eyes, lit^hL Mi: Atlee pur- 

 chased the puppy from Mr. McKoon last September, and ashe 

 values the dog very highly trusts that this notice may lead to 

 his rccoveiy. 



Hov; J-r WoTi-KS—GenireporC, L L, Jem. Z.— Editor Forest 

 and Sfreijm Please withdraw mv rtdvertisenieut from the 

 paper, ii? I have already received answers enough to fill the 

 number of rtog.s 1 intend taking SoutU with uie. I expect to 

 go to Noilii Caroliua on Wednesday. W. W. Tn us. 



A Sqi.aj!e TIeport — BosUm, Mass., Ike. 19 — JSdiU/r For- 

 ent itnd StTciim : The rea.son why T now subsoribe to the 

 FoBBST AND iSriuiAjt is lujcause of' vour report of the Eastern 

 Held Trials, j have uevei- had uuieh faith in tlic justice of 

 either bench ,=ihows or held trials, believing that as a general 

 thing they have l)ecn guiiied and controlled by a clique as an 

 advertisemeni, for their own breed of dogs, and not in the in- 

 terest of the imblic. As long as we canliave upright report- 

 ing like yours let field trialsconlinuc. Though Sensation got 

 a place, the giory is with Smut. Though'Gladstono took 

 away the prize, the honor is with Nat. Kioin- and Lefj 



KENlStEL MANAGEJIBNT. 



41 C. A. S., SloanavUle, N. Y.— I haTe a hound two years old 

 fl,fflieted with worms. Please send me a remedy. Ana, No one me- 

 dinm is a ^fuve euro for all kmdfi of wormtj. For stomach and round 

 VfovmH give twenty-live f,TaiiiK of freshly-powdered areua nut with 

 loiw unuinti ot <aiitoiiiiie, after fasting dog for eighteen hours. Ke- 

 petttdoseina Ascoli, and several hours after each dose giro half 

 tiuiR'o of olive, or castor oil. For pin worms give injections of salt 

 wnter, ami give internaUyfOr three days a dessert spoonful of 

 table salt once each day. 



42 A. P. S,, Boston, Mass. — Your dog has rheumatism. Give as 

 much Kochelle salts, two or three times a day, as the dog will bear 

 without purging. Keep him out of the Buow and wot, and have a 

 warm and dry bed for him to sleep in. 



i^ T. G., Erie, Pa. — From your description yomrdCg has worms. 

 Give the f nUowing vermifuge in a little milk after twelve hours' 

 fasting : pijwd.'j oJ areea nut, oue and a half scmple ; santonine, 

 three J jiiiii.j. Jlopeat the doee in a week. Each dose to be followed 

 several hour.-) later with half ounce of castor oil. Also give dessert 

 spoonful of cod liver oil twice a day. 



KENNEL NOTES. 



*^* Breedei'n and owners of sporting dogs are invited to send 

 memoranda of names claimed, bred, whelps, sales, etc., for 

 insertion vn this column. We mafceno charge for the publica- 

 Uon of sv-tJi notes. 



Thk Ice Yachts. — The ice north of PoughkeepBie FeiTy is cov- 

 ered with live inches of snow, interfering with sailing. South of 

 the ferry there is a tine track with wmooth surface, and it is hoped 

 that the' next frost will materially enlarge the field. A number of 

 yachts of the P. I. Y. C. have been under way. Next week wo will 

 publish some further details and this season's racing fixtures. 

 N.tMES Claimed. 

 Lighlning—Mr. Vi. W. McCain. Bush, Pa., elauns the name of 

 Lightning for his lemon and white pointer dog, whelped August 

 ■ - ""'■ - ' - " ■ - J- -,r'3 jiats by owner's York. 



1 Labatt, London, Out., claims the name of 

 ier dog puppy out of Noah by Joe, purchased 

 , Loudon, Out. 



N-AME Changed. 

 Uchard Dorman, Cincinnati, Ohio, claims the 

 red Irish setter bitch, formerly ByUa, out of 



1, 1880, out of Gi 



Joe, Jr.— 'Mr. ,loh 

 Joe, Jr., for Irish tei 

 from Dr. J. S. Niv 



<M<l£ts!'- -Mr. Ki( 

 name of Golil Elsie toi 

 Magenta Ijv llory O'.Ah 



Mr. i>eir— Mr. J. Samuel Yeal, Kome, Georgia, claims tlie name 

 of Mr. Dew for his setter puppy out of Daisy Dean by Lincohi. 

 Whelps. 



Zip— Mr. O. H. Goodman's (Springfield, Mass.), pointer bitch Zip 

 Saapshot-June, whelped, Dec.~9, seven puppies by Rattler (ihuiger- 

 Bess\ five dogs and two bitches, all dark liver aud white. None 

 for sale. 



Grace — Mi'. N. Elmore's (Granby, Conn. \ pointer bitch Grace. 

 (Sensation-Juno), whelped, December 25, eight puppies, fom- dogs 

 and four bitches by Gay (Snapshot-Fanny II), Four of the pup- 

 pies are liver and white, and four lemon and white — all finely 

 niM-ked. 



8ai:.es. 



Jion Juflw— Sir. Kobert C. Cornell, of this cit.y, has just pur- 

 chased from Mr. L. H. Mayott, of Springfield, Ma«g., the lemon 

 and white pointer dog Don out of Psyche 11. by Sensation. Don 

 was whelped Vugnst 7, 1878, and we hear that he is an excellent 

 held doj, 



Ki/;/i 110" ' iM hhu—Mr Lichard Dorman, Cincinnati, Ohio, 

 has pui hi ed liom Mr « H Iieice Peekskill, N. Y., the red 

 Irish K ttci 1 itLh hvUtilon Moie-Magenta). 



Mutih— Ml i beitt Lomtll of this city has purchased from 

 THr John \\hitt Liidgeport, Conn Iner aud white pointer dog 

 Match out of &ia<.e bv Sensation Matih h a well built dog, very 

 muoh like his sire, and is htter )n < thu to f legory's Belle. 



Knh—'O.on E H Lathiop, of Spim^tacld Mass., has pui-chased 

 from l>r (01 Liiu the dark h\ei aud n hite pointer hitch Kate 

 iTtan^ 1 I h 



r,„i \ LI , n 11 /iWp— "\a G E BroOTie, of Dedham, 



Maes h 1 h lid r Mi P \ldnoh EeadvUle Mass., a Gordon eet- 

 tei do^ jnippv , w helpi d liigubt 11 18S0, out of Nelhe Horton by 

 DoanebToni ^ ,, 



Tim\ A<«i H^-iliii )W p— Ml C E Browne, of Dedham, 

 Mas■^ hi lilt Ml li I 1 (hulestowii, Mass., a Gordon 

 sat ' ' out of Nellie Horton by 



jy I In h purchased from Mr. 



J r 1 li halt beagle Belle (winner 



0(1, I li'i I nil ton 157!V). She ie thirteen 



jj^^l^ 1 he\eateeu inches and is illustrated in "Cele- 



j\i -Ml (t L Blown s (Dtadham, Mass.), Gor- 



don bcllfi bit h '^JiUio Horton (Munn b Duke of Gordon-tilley'a 

 Dreami to Doauc s Tom (Stockton s Daah-H Smith's Fly) on Dec. 



'Meni-non Juan— Mr. R. K. Hamilton's Eileen to Mi-. Robert 

 CorneU's lemOn and white pointer Don Juan (Senaation-Payehe 



n"). 



Pbesestation, 

 tfordloji Seller Wlidiz—Ur. James Moore, of Toledo, Ohio, hag 

 preseutodto Mr. E. H. Oilman, of Detroit, Mich., a Gordon setter 

 puppy five months old sired by Grouse. 



Statkn l3LASt> has a game league. 



That low, uorvous fovc-r, want of sleep aud weaku^s, calls for 

 pop JJitteig, 



^h^ §ih 



THE GUN TEAVELER'S DINNER. 



'pHE Hohday s»ason had one affair of festivity which was cer- 

 tainly novel, for the hke of it haduever beeii seen before, and 

 its occurrence betokens a very near approach of the niilleuninm; it 

 was the dinner of fuu ■• com ,.;ci P.evolver Travelers." In other 

 words, a baker's do::. . r,,cr,i who go up and dowTi the 



face of the land, n . ,iug tbmga of beauty in the 



shaiieof flneguus :iii . c ; I;. little varmints yclept pistols, 



forgot business for a time, forgot that they were bitter rivals, for- 

 got that there was any such purgatory on earth bb "tho Uoad," 

 and spent a jolly evening together and parted wishiug for many 

 happy retm-ns of the same. 



The snggeatiou that it would be a good thing to have a social 

 time together came as a happy thought to one of thi-ce or fom- of 

 these coiiiiuerciid ti-avelers as they met in a haphazard fashion at 

 St. Louis. " Well do it," was tho response, aud ou tho 30th ult. 

 they did indeed carry out then plan, and at the estabhshmeut of 

 ye host Emile Heine, i1 E. 10th st., they sat down. It was not a 

 large assemblage, Heaven be praised, for many more of these pm-- 

 veyors of empty gnus that go off and bring sure death would leave 

 no fools to be counted at the next census. But there were enough 

 of them to be responsible for the scattering of half a milhon pistols 

 and revolvers over the land each year and set statisticians to won- 

 dering where all these bits of mechanism go to. "Alter the pins." 

 says somebody ; but that is only dodging the question, aud wo pro- 

 pose the connudrum now as a tough nut for the next dinner of the 

 Associated Travelers, when the Lyon may try his teeth on it and 

 the liice Bunting peek at it. 



The Travelers made a very good beginning on what may 

 prove an endless series of annual reunions, and wliile showmg 

 themselves the very best of attention did not forgot to invito a rej>- 

 resentative of the Foeest .\Kn STBKAai to enjoy their frugal fai'o 

 and sip the nectar from tbe same decanter. There were f om-teon 

 of the Travelers aroimd the board. "Eh I Gad," said the ancient 

 of the party, " how lucky it is I am not absent, for you never could 

 have dined mth thirteen at this table." Not one of them had a 

 brace of horse pistols thi-ust under the flap of his claw-hammer 

 and some of them might have passed for theological students. 

 They were voluble, of course, and almost as noisy as the wares 

 they dealt in. The shot now and then popped up and there was 

 no end of trade jokes, while a drummer for Dittmar powder would 

 no doubt have been welcomed as a peg on which to hang all the 

 thrusts of tho evening. No such spectre came to the board, how- 

 ever, and for five hours it was all fun, feed aud frolic. 



The hst of diners included H. F. Rico and Wm. Fischer, repre- 

 senting Schoverling, Daly & Gales. "Wm. Bunting and S. Goi-ton, 

 representing T. G. Conway. J. Maltby, J. Honlgy, J. W. Curtis 

 and M. Herzog, representing Maltby, Cm'tis & Co. Mr. Sylvester, 

 representing Hartley & Graham. \{. M. Calhoun, representing 

 Hei-mau Boker &, Go. Chas. Fraser, representing John W. Hutch- 

 inson. P. Lyon, representing Merwin, Hulbert & Co. Ed. Strul- 

 ler, representing Sti-ullcr, Law it Co. and Frank Guttei-son, repre- 

 senting Graham & Haines. 



The menu was a novelty iu its way and we reproduce it entire, 

 leavmg our readers to laugh over it with as much gusto as the gun 

 drummers themselves when each of them saw it for the first tune 

 at table and began to run over the items. It has a strange gingle 

 as though a cook book and a smaU-arnis catalogue had concluded 

 to amalgamate, and some of the offspring will be recognized as 

 having a puu-gent flavor, and some of tho pai-ty, we fear, fomid 

 more truth than fiction in the names of central-fire champagne, 

 back-action Burgundy, swell-head whisky aud sohd-striker beer. 



Central Fire Turtle. 



Boom Beau. 



Filet of Sole [up in ai-ms and eager for the fray] a la Napier. 



Blue [Jacket] Fluted Gylmder Sauce. 



Eed [Jacket] Snapper English Twist Sauce a la Bimting. 



Seven Shot Bass, Saw Handle Sauce. 



BOILED. 



Log of Mutton, Bubber Stock Calhoun Capers. 



Turkey, Ely Wad Stuffing. 



Leg of Ham, B. G. I. Sauce, a la Keller. 



Tongue Pamrod Dressing 



" Pioueei Polhom stvle, Colt Double \ction Sauce. 



Illite] (i iquettea stiudaid Sauce Diamond Daly Raisins, 



Lv ousted lie Aim\ Sizt \I Enameled. 



Maroui'' of Lome Patties [Fiasei ] 'Wmd Sauce. 



Petiiev r Chip Beef Pxau treani 



Foiehand and ^ adswoitb Omelet [Mocie ] Pum Sauce. 



uutterson SausajjLb laiif. Up Sin 



Stcued Kobiu Hood Conncctii-Ut St^k 



Little Giant Pant ikes with Baton bvrup 



Piame King on Toast, with Caitis Salad. 



BOAbT 



Gipse\ steal thicken, Maltbv Sauce 



E^tonBlon Pits of leet Lammated Gla^^ a la Kichai'ds. 



Piteut Poic Pad If Lamb Tiauidhcus Gr i\v. 



Pistol Imp \e[d IMC Sauce i la s^t 1 1 tester. 



Liitish Bull Dog, 41 C ihbie DrtssiUo 



Bieastol Limb, Beveise Nipples 



ImFuc lot does 



Stewed I lioiv Stock 



lai I liflower 



s 1 L L.. Leans 



Creedmooi LoUt, halite Oni n with Blown s Cloanera. 



BELIsHlaS 



Bine Whistlei Mushrooms 



\\ audH Vut mail ( hmi Chow 



t^u( I i\ T anlK Icn„Lairolg 



Di t u 1 1 ^ U id Hand 1 nit 1 Hissing 



Gou.peuhj.tmg I iimr "^ d id mth Lutbu Pad Drossiug 



N [eio] C lorton] Oliv s i. la Hermann 



AVmchester Rifle '^auce 



S, aud W Picklts a la Pobmsou Net iO days. 



Echpse Sai dines Eeveise Woi-ms 



DESSEEI 



lop Snap Puddmg Defiance Sauce 



Siviuf, Cvhndu In riutcd 



Rnp itn 



Kebouu lui., 1 



Me haw' 



Itahun Cumet Licaiu, 7 Sliut 



! Chieftain Nuts, Cracked. 



Auxiliary Barrel Raisins, Large Calibre. 

 Back Action Ice Cream, Pearl Handle Flavor. 



WIKES. 



COEK.'iGE. 7 and 10 per cent. Veteran Whiskev, 1R7L 



REEAK.\GE, 70 and 10 and 10 Swell Head Whiskev, U. M. 0. 



per cent. Brand. " 



Centi-al Fhe Champagne, .22 Colt'sLightning Whiskev, Blued 



Calibre, Short. G. D. Rum, iii BurVels. 



Case Hardened Champague, in Engli-h Par 1. o. k \\> 



Tubs. Solid Striker St. Luiiis B,:.jr. 



Iiupurted Belgium Champagne New Globe SiRht Cider, in Cups. 



Ebony Ramrods. Bull's Eye Seltzer, Red Corks. 



Back Action Burgundy, Peep Cyhnder Bore Saratotja Water, 



Sights. Checkered Grip. 



Octagon Sauterne. EugraTed. Hurricane Gun Water, on 



Gilt Cylinder Claret, Enameled. Draught. 



Eim Fire Claret, Chateau Etna, Revolver Traveler's Pousse Cafe, 



{Insured.) St. Louis Style. 

 Old Double Action Whiskey. 



The coffee reached, speeches were in order, aud one bravo f eUow 

 had evidently been coquetting with the muses and broke out in 

 verso and then had a sudden attack of modesty (greater wonder 

 still), but our readers and our space are spared. One of the toast- 

 frainers wont one step beyond the subUme and may have hit very 

 near the truth when he wished for the time to come whou every 



lU should have his gun ; and displayed a bliud trust iu Provi- 

 dence when he added "and may there be liirds euough to go 

 round." There v.-as uo end of stories of travel, for the meu had 



it gathered ui from Maine ou the one side aud Oregon on the 

 other, while one of the party had just been outlming fun for the 

 alligators by negotiatmg a sale of pea-shooters with Florida nrms. 

 It was resolved to tomi an association to be known as " Tho- 

 Gun-aud-Revolver-Travelers-once-a-yoar-square-meal-Aasociatiou" 

 of which Ml-. Eice was elected President, Mr. Haltby Secretary and 

 Mr. Calhoun Treasurer, with Mr. Buntiug as Sergeant-at-Arms. 



HUNTING KLFLES. 



Paoosa, Cok, Dec. 12. 



SOME vei7 interesting articles have appeared in yoiu- valuable 

 paper recently on the Hunting Eifle. I notice many very 

 different ideas as to the best rifle, and I think the very wide dis 

 orepancy arises mainly from the writers advocating the liest rifle 

 for then- hunting locaUty, overlooking the fact that tho gun for 

 one section may not be the one for another, where tho topography 

 of the country and the game to be killed may be entirely diflerent 

 from the first. The best game-kiUmg rifle 1 suppose ever used 

 was the large bore rifle, 16 to 12 shot-gun gauge, with round bal 

 and four to five drachms of powder, used by the British sports 

 meu in India twenty years ago, the spherical ball producing more 

 " shock " and killing deader than the same anioimt of lead in a 

 conical ferm, and the trajectory beiug very flat for shooting iu 

 forests. But rifles like these are not made in the United States, 

 aud it is of American rifles for American hunting that 1 write. 



Rifles for hunting in the United States can be generally divided 

 into three classes, according to where thoy are to Be used : 



1. A rifle for hunting in thick timber, especially in tho South 

 (though this rifle will do for all forest shootuig in the United 

 States). The range in the thick woods of the South will uot gen- 

 erally be more than 100 yards, aud rarely 150 yards. The game 

 hunted are deer, wild turkey aud black hear. The best eal., .40 or 

 .44 ; I prefer the latter. Fi-om 50 to 00 grains of powder I think 

 ample for this rifle -, more powder only makes the re<::oU greater, 

 and I must confess a great dishke for a kicking rUle. .A-gahi, 50 or 

 60 gi-ttins of powder will kill just as quick at tho short ranges meu 

 tioned as luO grains ; and with a hght bullet, 250 grams to 30U 

 grains, will give a flat trajectory, which is so important in a hunt- 

 ing rifle, especially one of this kind, where such a small object as a 

 turkey's head is so often the mark. 1 dislike greatly heavy bullets 

 of 450 grauis, with their high ti-ajectory at short ranges, causing 

 such frequent misses, it's not the weight of the lead that kiUa 

 What we want is high velocity. For a rifle of this kind elevating 

 sights are hardly required, but it's not amiss to have a 20(l-yai-d 

 leaf for occasional use. I prefer m this rifle a short barrel, about 

 26 inches. A short rifle can bo got on game, especially running 

 deer, much better and quicker than a long barrel, as in shooting lu 

 thick timber there are not many opportunities to get more than 



shot at a time. I like the single shooter bettor than the re- 

 peater. It's simxiler, can be loaded quick enough, and, having 

 fewer and simpler parts than the repeater, is uot so hablo to be in- 

 jured by the rust which so quickly attacks a gim in the .South. 



2. A rifle for himting on the plains; the game antelope and 

 buffalo. The typical game of the plains is the antelope. No aui- 

 mal is so wary and shy as antelope whore they have beeu much 

 hunted, imd no animal that I have lulled is generally shot at such 

 long ranges. 1 have known them to be killed at 000 yards, aud 

 from my experience think fully one-half tho antelope killed are 

 shot between 200 and 300 yai-ds. For such long-range shooting a 

 powerful accurate rifle is needed with a flat trajectory, as dis- 

 tances are hard to estimate correctly on the plains — a barrel uot 

 less than .30 inch, cal. .ii, 77 grains powder with long bullet, or 

 cal. .10, DO grains powder. Many of the plainsmen prefer the .-Ui 

 cal., 90 grains powder to any other calibre. 



3. A rifle for hunting in the Rocky Mountains. Hero the shoot- 

 ing jiartakes of something of both of the two preceding classes as 



as range is concerned. You may have a shot at a black-tail 

 deer at 100 yards away in the pine timber, or again you may have 

 to shoot at a mountahi sheep perched on some bare rock 300 yards 

 distant. The game is the elk, black-tail deer, mountain sheep and 

 grizzly bear. I have found that a rifle of this class should be 

 more powerful than the first two described. A .50 cak, 70 to 90 

 grams powder I would prefer, though mauy use .44 cal. or .45. 

 Many of these ammals are tenacious of life aud take much kilUng. 

 In this kind of shooting, more than in timber or plain shooting, a 

 repeater is desu'able. I have often got several shots luto a baud of 

 elk before they were out of range with a single shooter, imd of 

 ™o with a repeater could have done better. The Winchestei's 

 have brought out a .50 cal., 100 giaius powder, 300 grains lead, 

 Express repeater. I have never seen the gun, but from desciip- 

 tions it must be an excellent weapon for dangerous game. Per- 

 sonally I prefer a single shooter for general hunting purposea, but 

 for dangerous game, or iu a country where it's so cold that to load 

 rifle with half-frozen hands becomes a task, a repeater hoa ad- 



TUo UiMo foregaiiug oluueg repiesent, X think, generally Uiq 



