34 



FOREST AJSD STREAM. 



t February 13, I860. 



TWO WEEKS AT THE CAPE. 



Aug. 1st L. and myself started for a two weeks' trip 

 among the marsh birds, our destination being North 

 Chatham, Cape Cod. By four and twenty hours we were 

 safely ensconced in a" little shooting shanty, having 

 passed the. first night on the mainland, built for the special 

 purpose of harboring the happy individual who, "far 

 from the madding crowd," go there to get a few days- 

 shooting at the bay birds. 



This shanty is located about a mile, from the extremity 

 ol' a narrow-strip of hind, extending from Orleans, a town 

 situated seven or eight miles north of North Chatham, 

 being distant from the mainland nearly a mile and a half, 

 though in places much nearer. 



Bill Smith, a worthy gunner, kind-hearted fellow, mine 

 host, and withal a good shot, made up our party. Mc 

 dog was necessary for our sport, so I left Roy (a favorite 

 setter) at home. "Once at the shanty we were happy, free 

 from the heat and din of the noisy city we had just left : 

 and after having laden a few shells and exchanged 

 many a good night we turned in and slept soundly until 

 next morning, when, rising with the sun, we each don 

 ovrrshooting-jackete, and with half a dozen decoys in our 

 hands and our pockets filled with shells we repair to our re- 

 spective stands, or rather pils excavated in the sand just 

 above high water mark, there to lie perdu, and await, 

 with Izaak's patience, the arrival of the plover, yellow- 

 legs, red-breasts, or any of the numerous sandpipers which 

 throng the sand flats" at low tide as far as the eye can 

 reach. 



So there I am, reader, squatted & la Turk, and all on 

 the qui vive to catch, if possible, any whistle which may 

 come tome from afar. The report from L.'s gun further 

 up the beach warns me to lower my head, and ere long 

 the well-known cry of " tue, Iue, iue," is heard, and tells 

 me that yellow legs were the victims of L.'s aim ; and 

 now, bearing down toward me. emitting their cry of 

 alarm. I descry a small bunch of those birds, which, on 

 devious wing, are about to pass, but seeing six of their 

 would-be companions sitting on the strand they swerve. 

 As their sides are exposed I press the trigger, and one 

 falls riddled by an ounce of No. 8, while the others, be- 

 fore they have time to escape, present a good shot for my 

 left, which is duly delivered. Picking up two Summers 

 and one Winter, 1 again resume my former position, and 

 so the sport continues, until the tide having risen suffi- 

 ciently to cover the decoys forces me to leave the stand 

 and go to the shanty, where I meet L., who has done 

 himself credit with his W. & C.Scott & Son,and depositing 

 our birds on a "brant-pen' hard by, we enter the hut, 

 and seated around the festive board laden with game (?), 

 eggs and coffee, discuss the events of the morning's shoot 

 and the probable chance of sport on the morrow. 



I forgot to mention that although unaccompanied by 

 any dogs we did have some four-footed animals about us, 

 nay, under us ; in short, rats lived, sported, and sang 

 songs to us in the evening when desirous of sleep ; be it 

 unsportsmanklike or not we did kill some of them at dusk 

 when they came out from under the flooring to attack 

 our game larder on the brant pen, we did set traps for 

 the culprits, and we did rejoice when reclining in the 

 arms of Morpheus to hear their tunes occasionally 

 changed and to find next morning either a rat or a foot 

 in the trap. 



In the evening when not employed in destroying the 

 vermin we would sit around the table reading the Forest 

 and Stream between the frequent puffs of smoke which 

 rolled lazily upward from our fragrant manillas, or, lay- 

 ing aside the latter, would devote our time to loading car- 



verse order of shots. Exact tics will be shot off. Entry fees tor 

 each score, including; the halls: Members of the Massachusetts 

 .Rifle Association, 50 cents ; non-members, first entry each day, 75 

 cents ; all re-entries, 50 cents each ; practice scores, 20 balls, mem- 

 bers, 30 cents ; non-members, 40 cents. Competitors hi match to 

 be handicapped. A handicap list of competitors to be posted at 

 the shooting pavilion on the range. Forty per cent, of the entry 

 foes to be divided in seven prizes, viz., 10, 8,7, ffi 4, 3 and 3 per 

 cent. 



Boston.— The Raymond Sportsman's Club have been doing some 

 excellent work before the traps, and are now anxious to meet a 

 team from some other club, as the following iuvitation will In- 

 dicate : " Boston, Jan. 31.— The Raymond Sportsman's Club here- 

 by challenge any organized glass-ball club hi the State of Massa- 

 chusetts to shoot a team match for a purse of $50, $25 a tide. The 

 teams to consist of ten men, each man toshootat 20 balls, 10 from 

 rotary and 10 double trap. The match to he shot on tho grounds 

 of the Medford Rifle Association at such time as may he mutually 

 agreed upon. More than one club accepting the challenge, the 

 purse to be divided into two prizes— 60 per cent, of the money for 

 tho first prize and 40 per cent, the second prize. Club! accepting, 

 to have been organized previous to date of this challenge, and 

 teams to bo soleeted from actual members at present fume. 

 (Signed) James Emery, Jr., Secretary, H. S. C, S3 Commercial 

 Wharf." 



Fountain Gun Cmjb.— ParkoHle, L.I., Fch. ilU— Ninth monthly 

 contest of the members of the Fountain Gun Club for a gun, at 7 

 birds each; handicap rise; 80 yards boundary; li ounce shot; from 

 5 ground traps : the use of both barrels allowed ; ties decided at 3 

 birds each : 



Mr. G. Chappcll . 

 Mr. W. Conover. 



Mr. H. Haas 



Mr. Sheridan 



Mr. fitane 



Mr. S. ■lover 



Forcls. 



. 23 



111111—11 1—1 

 1111110-11 1-0 

 10 11111—111-0 

 11110 11-110-0 

 1/01111 1-1 1 (1 

 1110 111-11) 



/w7M. 

 10 



Nkw Jehsev— iveyporf, Feb. 2d.— Regular monthly contest of 

 tho Raritan Shooting Club for the gold badge ; 7 birds ; handicap 

 riBe ; 80 yards boundary ; li ounce shot :— 

 yards rise. 



W. Warner 81 



Geo. Wnltt 21 



Wm. Curtis 24 



Win, Holmes 21 



II. ,1. MeCabe 22 



WW. Hampton 21 



li. Waitt 23 



J.Ivans 24 



i M.iurcv 21 



D. F.S.Brown 21 



G. M. BrtttOO 21 



T. L. Seabrook 21 



.I.Maurcr 31 



II. KTuoland 21 



1 1 



1 1 



1 1 1-7 



1 l-(i 



1 1 1-6 



1 1 1-6 



1 1 0-5 



1 1-5 



1-1 



111001 0—1 



110 110—1 

 110 11-4 

 10 1-3 

 10 0-1 

 1 I 0—2 

 10 retired 

 S. I'. D, 



Essex vs. Jersey Crrr Heights.— Match at pigeons ; Essex 

 Gun Club, Of Newark, N. J., and Jersey City Heights Gun Club ; 7 

 birds each ; 5 ground traps ; 25 yards rise ; 80 yards boundary ; 

 botbliarrclsnllowed. The match was interrupted by frequent 

 snow squalls, and the birds were a grand lot of flyers— two circum- 

 stances which combiued^to severely test tho skill of Ihc contest- 

 ants :— 



ESSEX GUN CIiDB. 



Hayes 1111111—71 Johnson 



Bri'entiiall 10 11110—5 Bennett 



Hunt .11 11111—7 1 Waits... 



Brown 11111-51 Baldwin 



•I. Ton Lengerke.l 10 11 1-5 W jllegrod 1110 1 0—4 



Pentz 1111111—7 1 Hope 1110 1—4 



1'inilell 11011 1—5 | Peer 1111 Ml 0-5 



H. VonLcngerke.l 11111 1—7 I Wrightson 10 10 110—4 



Burnett, ...1 110 111-61 Keller 1 111101—6 



Belcher 10 10 0—2 — 



.1110 11 0-5 

 ..110 100 1-4 

 ..0 1100 11-4 

 ..111110 0-5 



56 | 

 JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS OUN OI.UB. 



" I say, Bill, the brown backs seem to be rather scarce 

 this year, and if they're not along soon I'd like to know 

 when you do expect them, for here it's the 8th of Aug- 

 ust, now, and beetle heads are not scarce, while the yel- 

 low legs, curlew, willet and the hordes of sandpipers are 

 in order, all of which are stated in the vernacular to ar- 

 rive later than the red breasted snipe (brown back)." 



" "Well," replied that worthy, " I cal'ate they be either 

 gone by outside, or, following the coast more closely, 

 have crossed down below, for we certainly haven't bad 

 much of a flight this season." Whether the squeal of an 

 unfortunate rat is worse than the audible sounds coming 

 from the lowest bunk would be hard to say : be it as it 

 will, neither induced sleep ; soon this ceased, however, 

 and our slumber was wrapped in a stillness broken only 

 by an occasional squeak from a night heron who chanced 

 to be within hearing, or by the murmur of the distant 

 billows rolling up on the beach outside. 



And so the days pass quickly by, and we pursue our 

 various enjoyments : when the tide favors we are always 

 in our stands, but when entirely out and the birds are 

 scattered far and wide we wade about in the shallows 

 with a sort of spear to pierce the flounders or place-fish 

 which dart off a short distance to bury themselves in 

 the sandy bottom, thus protecting themselves about as 

 beneficially as an ostrich does, which, concealing its 

 head under a bunch of leaves or tuft of grass, deems 

 itself safe from its pursuers ; these fish, with their 

 back-bones extracted, and tried in cracker-crutnbs and 

 e"gs, form a very desirable change in our menu. 

 All things must come to an end, and so the "ultima 

 dies" of our jaunt was soon upon us ; the brown backs 

 didn't come in numbers sufficient to yield much sport, 

 but the variety of the bags made each day compensated 

 in a part their size. And now, patient reader, if not 

 amused I trust at least I leave you not entirely urun- 

 structed ; and hoping, dear sirs, I have not crowded your 

 inestimable paper too muoli, I remain now and anon 

 your would-be friend. H. W. A., JR. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



Scores.— Secretaries of clubs are invited to send in 

 scores of matches. Such reports should reach us as 

 early as possible after the dale of the meeting. 



Cummings.. 

 McCool 



Fowler 



Toffen 



W. S. Canon 

 Yerington.. 



Leroy 



Cole 



Powers 



Gifford 



...1 110110-5 

 .10 1011-4 

 ..1110111—6 

 ..110111 0-5 

 ..111110 1-6 

 .001101 1—4 

 ...1 10 11 11-0 

 ...001111 1—5 

 .110 10 1—4 

 ..0110 11 0-4 



Levering 11110 10-5 



Lewis .1 10 11 1-5 



Eaton 111111 6 



.1. Harrison 10 11111-3 



Cadmus 1 1 l o 1— 4 



Thomson 1 01 1 1 1 1—6 



Hall -1 10 11 1 1-fl 



Hughes 1 1110 1-5 



Burdett 1 10 111-5 



48 



Finley, Aeklin, Poetilor, Robertson, Steele and a few of the 

 friends participated. The weal her was raw. a severe wind was 

 blowing directly from the traps, and the ground was covered 

 with snow. A majority of the birds were good fliers. Four sweep- 

 stake matches were shot; tlve birds each; 21 yards rise; Soentron 

 fee; 60 per cent, to the first, and 40 per cent, to (he second. Ties 

 were settled at 21 yards rise. In the Hist match, three birds each 

 were allowed to settle tics. In the other matches, miss and out 

 was the rule. The tollbwtng was the score ;— 



Finley I 1 (I (1 1 1 Robertson 1 



Mills l 1 1 I Simmons 1 111 



Maddox 1 nil 1 1 Aeklin 1 l 1 1 



Wagner 1 111 1 Steele 0001 



Poehler 1 1 1 1 o| 



Wagner won first money. Mills won second money by killing 

 two out of three birds. 



SECOND JIATCn. 



Aeklin -1 10 11 



Van Armim 1 0} 



Barker I 10 11 



Steele 1 1 



Finley 10 



Mills 1 1111 



Maddox .110 10 



Wagner 11111 



Poehler 10 1 



Mills and Wagner divided first money. Aeklin beat Barker one 

 bird in shooting off the tie, and took second niouey. 

 THIRD MATCH. 



Finley 1 1 1 I Aeklin 1 1111 



Mills 1 1 ll'oehler 1 111 



Maddox .- 1 I I Steele 10 10 



Wagner l o l 1 1 1 



Aeklin won first, aud Wagner and Poehler divided second 



FOURTH MATCH. 



Finley 1 111 I Wagner 1111 



Aeklin 1 I 1 1 Sladdox .0 1 



.Mills 111 llPochlcr ..1 1110 



In shooting off the tics Aeklin killed four straight Writs, and 

 won first money. Mr. I'iuley killed three birds, and took second 

 money. C. M. Og den acted as score-keeper and referee. 



Ohio— Carol! FuUmi, Fch. R/i.-The following is the score of llvo 

 of our club at a glass-ball I rap shoot, Jan. '.'". 1 1 



George Ko 



L. Stock 



John Campbell 



It. Myers 



Charles Labile 



Wooden balls:— 



l I 1 o i i n o l 1-7 



.101101000 0-4 

 .0101000101-4 

 .00101 1101 0-5 

 . I 1 1 1 1 0-5 



1 ti 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-8 



L. Stock - , - 1 (10 10 10 10-4 



John Campbell 1 1 1 1 1 I 1-7 



W.N.Mvers 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-fl 



Charles Labbc 1 1 0-2 



F. B. 



North plattc; Sportsmen's cm u. -JYoj 'h Plalle, ivwi., Fr.u. itft, 

 —Our club had a mutch to-day, four members being present ; glass 

 balls; 18 yard.? ; revolving trap:— 



iif.oiiGE van c\mp. BrcaU. 



I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I I 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I l l I -a 



W. W. CONK I. IN. 



I I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 1 1 1 o i o l 1 1 1 i 1 1 l i 1 1 1 o i i HP 



ISAAC OII.I.ON. 



1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 o i o 1 1 n i n o o 1 1 1 1 1 1 i o l o 1 1 1 1-30 



A. II. IJKAHI.F.V. 

 1)11)10111111)111101111111111(1111111 1-30 



Thirtv-fivc shots each. 



Some, verv irood stnotimr was done by Hon. t.i. C. Barton's son, 

 fourteen j cars old, breaking IS out of 25. W. W. C. 



RANGE AND OALLERY. 



Massachusetts— Boitton, FW>. "Hi— Walnut Hill, to-day, pre- 

 sented a wintry appearance. The snow between the pavilion and 

 the targets produced a glare In (he early shooting tvbich troubled 

 the marksmen. The light, however, was of the best, and the wind 

 gave no trouble, showing upon the dial 5 o'clock, and coming from 



St. The attendance was large, se 

 The spectators also were numerous, at 

 sell, of the Holyoke Rifle Club. In the a 

 ditions changed and the shoot mc wai 

 storm, hut better shooting has never 1 

 range. Mr. Charles heads the lis! agah 

 tary rifle with 47, and two points added I 

 49 out of the 50. Captalu Jacks 





s.-The third glu 



ot shot limited i 



gle.D.H'i le It 



gate of 6 scores 



!S-bnll match under thcauspices 

 ion begau at walrmt Hill y ester- 

 in successive Wednesdays until 

 is at U a.m.; open to all comers ; 

 5 yards ; Bogardus rules ; Charge 



onslst oJ-SO hulls (asin- 

 prizes will be won by tho aggre- 

 Ties will be decided ou the in- 



Gtre AND FrSHESG CLUB.— The regular monthly shoot of the 

 Boiling Springs Fishing and Gun Club of Rutherford, N. J., took 

 place Feb. 4th, Mr. Coe winning the medal again :— 



C.H.Coe 21 1 1 0" 1 1 1 1 1—7 



J.H.Vrccland ...21 0001010 1 1-4 



15. A. Jeaneret--- 10 110 1 0—8 



I,. Consiiiullcr 15 01100000 0—2 



W. Smith 15 00000000 0—0 



J.Glasiaeter 15 010000000 1—2 



Pennsi'lvania— Maneu, Jan. 1st.— Tho Young Men's Shooting 

 Club is the name of an organization recently organized with a 

 membership of ten gentlemen— Dela Green, B. L. Bowman, 

 Clarence Walle, Clint Guyer, Clarence Sprout, James Guyer, 

 Frank Buck, Jcre. Fowler, William Dimm and T. P. Warner. The 

 following is a score shot Feb. 17th al pigeons and glass balls, the 

 balls thrown from a Card rotary Imp ;— 



Pigeon*. Balls. Total 



Warner 1 1111 1 10 1111111 0-14 



Green 1 1111 1 110 11111 0-13 



Sprout 1110 1 1 1111110 11 0-13 



Buck 011111 011110011 0-11 



Fowler ... 1 1 1 1 001110111 0-10 



{■ Guver ' 11110 111 1- S 



.1." Foyer '"". 1 101100111— T 



Bowman 1 1 I 1 1 0-4 



Dlmm. . ... 110110110 0-6 



Riverton Gun and Riflb Ci.ua.— Philadelphia, Jan. S'ith — 

 There will bo a monthly trap match on the second Saturday in 

 each month, commencing in February, at 10 birds each, handicap 

 rise. At the end ;of| the year four prizes will be .'awarded the 

 contestants in these matters, on the followiug terms:— One to the 

 highest aggregate score in any four of these matches ; and one to 

 tho cext highest, open to members who are handicapped over 

 twenty-five yards; and two prizes in same manner, open only to 

 memhors placed twenty-five yards and under. The handicap & : s- 

 tancenow fixed will continue throughout the year. On Hie fourth 

 Saturday in eaeh month, until finally won, there will be a contest 

 for the double bird trophy, presented by Geueral Grubh, and for 

 other prizes after that is decided. Rifle matches will take place 

 on the third Saturdays in April, May, June, July, August, Sep- 

 tember and October; and three trophies will be awarded on the 

 following terms :-For the highest aggregate boom in any 

 three matches, one prize for one hundred yards, one for two 

 hundred yards, and one for five hundred;} ards; but no member 



to win more thampne priS 



COnGRBSSIOSAX Pigeon ShOOTuhs.— WaMngtun,DX.,Fch. 10th. 

 —A Congressional pigeon match occurred at Brlgfctwood Pi cl 

 about three miles from this city, last Saturday. Cvusregsmen 



■itlo, with 48, under the t 

 brilliant work was done, 



W.Charles (mil.) 



Captain W. II. Jackson (mil 



K. W.Law 



)•',. F. ItichardFon 



N.W.Arnold 



. He 



being made 

 horn was .Mr. Kns- 

 ,n the weather con- 

 t a blinding 6Q0W- 

 me at Walnut Hill 

 :omerswithamili- 

 ndicap, giving him 

 ixt wllh his military 



conditions. With the sporliny- rifle 

 the summary indicates ;— 



.5544 



J. Nichols - 



R. Davis 



li. It. Souther 



C. K. Grilling... 



Boston.— Muunalia Oalkni.-la Ihc Ca 

 and W. Henry tied, al 10 bull's-eyes o:t 

 agemeni offer a new match, I 

 to be known as the " Cornell Match." 

 rules of the National Rllle Association i 

 extra prize of $15, in gold, is offered for 



5 5 4-47 



5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5—48 



4 S 5 5 S 5 5 1 5 5-4» 



5 5 5 -1 5 5 5 4 fi 4-47 



4 E 5 5 f. 5 1 S 5 1-17 



5 5 5 4 4 l I E 5 6 47 

 5 5 4 4 5 4 5 4 5 5— 10 

 5 4 5 4 :t 5 5 5 5 5-4B 

 5 1 5 S 4 E 4 4 4 5-45 

 4 I 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 4-45 



Mulch R. F. Schaffer 



Stexl wepK tho mill. 



s amounting to ?75, 



ncll Match." The Bret prlzeJ6»30. The 



le Association will govern tbo match. An 

 1, is offered for ten bull's-eyes made with 

 ic, open to all comers. Contestants 

 uusket will be allowed two points handl- 

 nds pull. 



ri.r. Gallekv. -The 850 rille mfctcn which 

 fast becoming popular. Mr. c. IMivardf, 

 la :--- liatlo i. 'i" 'l- the lis! this week 

 ie made fourteen consecutive bull's-eyes, 

 although not successful in getting a clean score. The following 

 is the standing to date; 150 feet; rounds 8; possible 40:— 



using the United State 

 cap, open Eights', si/.-p 



Boston Mammoth 1 

 commenced ou the 1st 

 of the Massachusetts 



iththr 



111) 



38 



PTH7 



C. Edwards 



Frank Hollis 



i:. A. Pollard 35 8< 39 113 



F.Sears »' ?J 8H 111 



v -: james 35 35 3e 109 



33 30 10(5 



C.LI. Russell ' 8S 38 105 



Geo.E9teS 35 3o 35 105 



A n stall's BE 35 3o 105 



cVJYicurW S3 35 34 101 



Zeitleb Riexj. Ci.!.:b-Ao. 7 Bowery, Fch. acfc.-The second com- 

 petition for the Brown Medal was shot to-duy ; leading scores as 

 follows; possible 750 ;— 



H.Oehl fi"l 



W. M. Farrow u29 



D. Miller BS 



021 



Cloiuer till 



C.ludson WH 



U.Zimni.'i'ea':. Ufa 



M.Iiorler 505 



N. "Downing - - , .585 



J. t!lumeub.<iv 



T.O'NeiL- 



", ,:■ 

 M. 11. Engel . .... 

 : i' barn Mi 



This lIuIj hits recently challenged the Helvetia Rifle Cluo to 



shoot a team match, 15 men. DO ' ' ' •>'•<<•, An answer ha?. 

 Ijeeo - - to shoot, lor the reason that Uieyvrore 



shooting' breech-loaders. 



