March 18, 1880.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



133 



■we retired, first having interrogated Mr. Goodwin as to 

 the .most fatal spot or flaw about bruin to fire at. Oh, I 

 tell yon, my good friend, we could fairly feel the fatigue 

 of stumbling through the cane, dragging a "bar" we 

 had killed. 



We were up betimes, and so eager to get to work that 

 we could hardly wait for breakfast. It took but a short 

 walk to bring us deep in the tall, dense cane surrounding 

 the lake. We were told that bears had certain places to 

 cross a very dim road that led to the lake. I was the first 

 to be placed at a crossing. Tom was placed at the next 

 best place. Mr. G. and the seven hounds made a circuit 

 of about a mile to drive for us. Soon I beard the " music " 

 far away. I held my breath and listened: sure they 

 were eonvingnearer ; still nearer they came. When within 

 about 500 yards of mo I took olf my overcoat, examined 

 my gun, got my knife convenient, and waited in breath- 

 less suspense. Just about then I heard a twig crack a 

 little to my right. In an instant my gun was cocked and 

 almost to my shoulder ; then came* the dogs, and passed 

 about fifty yards to the right, where I had heard the twig 

 snap. Soon Mr. G. came" up. asked if I had seen any- 

 thing. I told him I had not, but heard a twig break just 

 out there. He said he had started either a panther or a 

 cat, was not certain which, and the dogs were still after 

 it. They were soon out of hearing and we could not 

 get them back until near noon. We had missed the 

 golden opportunity ; it was then too late to start another 

 that morning. We called Tom, held a jolly consultation, 

 and finally concluded to go on to the lake and shoot 

 ducks until nearly night and then try if again. 



After taking a good lunch at the lake and a short nap, 

 we went for the ducks at a lively rate. Within about 

 two hours we had bagged sixteen, when our small shot 

 gave out. By this time the sun was nearly down. 



Again we started for the haunt of bruin. We could 

 hear the wolves howling ; so did the dogs, they knew too 

 well what it all meant—" they had been there before " — 

 and with all the coaxing and scolding wo could do, uot a 

 single hound would leave our heels. The dogs were 

 afraid of them. The wolves would come up so near that 

 we could hear them groan, but the cane was so dense 

 tbat we could not see them. 



On a general reckoning that night, we had killed six- 

 teen ducks, five squirrels, a pigeon, and had caught a 

 'possum ; had charged a cat or panther ; saw another 

 pack of dogs that were with another party run a very 

 large buck into the lake and across, but did uot get him. 



UKICK. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



Elfin sending scores, Secretaries of clubs are requested 

 to give details of trap, distances, etc. 



New Haven vs. Wallingford.- New Raven, .Unroll lOfli.— To- 

 day, being the regular day lor the medal about of the New Have 

 Guu Club, six of tho Walllngford team came down and shot 

 friendly match with six of the New Haven team, as follows :— 

 WALLINGFOHD TEAM. 



Bragdon 1100001101111111101 0— 18 



Ives 1111111111111100110 1—17 



Goodrick 1111111111011111101 1-18 



Hall 1110111110111111111 I! -17 



Pixley 1111010001010111001 0-11 



Lane 11110101111 0011111 0— H 



l'otal .. 90 



SEW HAVEN TEAM. 

 Folsem 1111111110 10100 110 11-15 



Armstrong 1111111010110001110 0—13 



Pulton 01001000 1 1 1 00 til 100—9 



Lnngdon - 101101 1111110 101011 1-15 



Hanson 10 1110 111111110 11 0-14 



Waterhaus 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—12 



Total 



Tho weather was very un] 

 wind blowing, making it very u 

 members present of the New Hi 



Eolsom 101 



Langdon 1 1 



Hanson Ill 



Armstrong.... , 1 



Bronson 001 



Jorey 11 



Beers ,.,101 



Ties shot off :— 



78 



it indeed, with a cold northwest 

 npleasnnt shooting-. At 3 P.M. the 

 ivcn Club shot for the medal:— 



1110111110111111 0—10 

 lit 1111111111111 0-18 

 110111111111113 1—18 

 0111111011111111 0—15 

 0001111101110111 1—13 

 110 1011111111111 0—16 

 0010 101010101011 0-10 



Langdon 1 111 1—6 



Hanson. - ., - 1111 0-4 



Langdon won the medal for the second time this year. 



D.C.J., Secretary. 



New York Law Relating to Pigeon Shooting.— Brooklyn- 

 —Is there any law in existence in this State prohibiting any 

 but members of an incorporated club from Ehooting pigeons from, 

 the trap? Subscriber. 



Ans. The laws relating to this subject road as follows :— 

 "Chat-. V.. -An act relating to animals. Passed Feb. 11th, 1874: 

 U. Fa cry person who shall willfully set on foot, or ii 

 srJgate, or move to, or carry on, or promote, or engage in, or d 

 any act toward the furtherance of any act of cruelty to any ani- 

 mal, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. 



" Section 8. In this act, and in every law of this State passed, or 

 which may be passed, relating to or affecting animals, the singu- 

 lar shall include the plural; the words ' animal' or ' dumb 

 ma! shall be held to include every living creature ; the words 

 'torture,' 'torment,' or 'cruelty' shall be hold to include every 

 act, omission or neglect whereby unjustifiable physical pain, 

 suffering or deatb is caused or permitted ; and the words' ow 

 and ' person' shall be held to include corporations as well as 1 

 viduals. But nothing in this act shall be construed as prohibiting 

 the shooting of birds for the purpose of human food." 

 "Chap. 107— An act in relation to the treatment of animals. 



Passed April 13th, 1H75 (three-tiflhs being present), without the 



approval Of the Governor, pursuant to provision of Section 9 of 



Article 4 of the Constitution. 



'• The people of the State of New York, represented in Senate 

 and Assembly, do enact as follows :- 



".Section 7. None of the provisions of law heretofore enacted 

 for tho prevention of cruelty to animals within this State shall 

 be construed to prohibit or interfere with the shooting, by mem- 

 bers of sportsmen's clubs or incorporated societies, to ; .i i 



provided, that in each case, as soon as they cau be oapturod or 

 taken after being shot, 'such pigeons, if living, shall immediately 

 be killed. 



" Section 2. This act: shall take effect immediately." 



Our opinion Is that the law of 1671 did apply to trap, pigeon shoot- 

 ng.and that clubs were fairly within its terms. The law of 1875, 



by exempting members of Bportsmen's clubs or incorporated so- 

 cieties, substantially construed the former law an continuing in 

 force againstall others. The shooting of sparrows from a trap 19 

 clearly condemned by the specification of pigeons as the permitted 

 bird. The unjustifiable shooting of any bird from a trap would, 

 according to this law, be a misdemeanor. 



Long Island Shooting CUiBtf.— Dcttcr Park, Jamaica, L. L, 

 March Kth.— Third monthly contest of the Long Island Shooting 

 Club for the club championship cup ; shot for at 7 birds each from 

 H and T traps : handicapped rise ; 80 yards boundary ; using one 

 barrel ; ties shot off at 3 birds each ; L. I. S. C. rules : — 



Yards Riec. Killed. 



E. n. Madison 35 1 1 1 1 1 1 *-l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 14 



G. F. Gildersleeve. . .25 111110 1-10 11110 11 



w. Mills 24 111*101 5 



W. Wyrin 25 1101101 5 



F. Froadway 25 11**111 5 



.!. H. Dawes 23 11*1101 5 



C. Kittridge 25 11 + 0101 4 



Dr. Talbot 27 11* 2 



Mr. Van Stadcn, Jr.. 23 110 2 



II. Atkins 23 001 1 



O.B&nee 27 100 1 



. ■■■ . ii ii 



Pr. Morton 23 



SameDau — Sweepstakes; $3 entry; shot for at 5 birds each from 

 5 traps ; 30 yards rise ; 80 yards boundary ; ties shot off, miss and 

 out; Long Island Shooting Club rules:— 



Killed. 



K. H.Madisont 1 10 11-111 7 



W.Wynn* 1111—111 7 



C. Haucet 1 10 11-111 7 



H. Atkins* 1 * I 1 1-1 1 1 7 



Dr.Talbot 1 10 1 1—1 10 B 



Mr. MetoaU. I 10 11-10 5 



Mr. Kittridge 1 111—* 4 



G. Gildersleeve 1 1 1 * 3 



p, liroadway 1 0*11 S 



W.Mills , * 10 11 3 



Dr. Morton 110 2 



tDivided the stakes. Referee, Mr. A. Holt. 



Adgonquin Gun Club.— iVettf Tortf, aforch 15th.— The following 

 Is the result of this day's glass-ball shooting of the Algonquin 

 Gun Club at their grounds, Weebawken, N. J., for the third com- 

 petition for a sliver cup, presented by the ex -President, Mr. Jas. 

 P. Robertson, to bo won three times. Has been won onco by 

 Messrs. Hugh Bennet and John H. Hill ; 30 balls ; 18 yards rise :— 



Louis Brenner. — , 



John H.Hill 18 



Jos. Hnnna 18 



Jas. Dunseilh* 15 



Bobt. Auld 15 



Dr. H. M. Burns 



Br. Henry GriBWold..... 13 



G.F.Kellar 12 



G. J.Sauor... U 



David Simpson .11 



John Male 9 



G. Williams. 



Scorers— J. J. Hayes and John Casey. Referee— Wm. B. Bundle. 

 H. M. B„ Secretary. 



*Mr. Dunseith was handicapped three yards. 



Essex vs. Jersey Cit r Heights.— The return match between 

 the Essex Gun Club, of Nowarfe, and tho Jersey City Heights 

 came off at the West Siae Driving Park on the 10th inst., and 

 proved one of the most interesting matches of the season. The 

 former match between these crack clubs, it will be remembered, 

 took place under the rules of the Essex, at Newark, and resulted 

 in a tie— 97 birds each. It did not so result on this occasion. As one 

 of the Heights' boya remarked, "We met them, and we are 

 theirn." 



The weather for the first part of the contest was very unfavor- 

 able for good scores, a bitter cold wind blowing from left to right 

 directly across the traps, made it impossible for the shooters to 

 stand any length of time without, bocoming benumbed, and when 

 the birds got up, they went down the wind like small streaks of 

 electricity. But what was singular, the old shots succeeded in 

 grassing in most of the difficult shots, but failed wof ully in the 

 incomers, or easy ones. The Sheriff was peculiarly unfortunate ; 

 but explained the matter, with the information that he had to 

 take some prisoners down to Trenton, and they kept him busy all 

 the night before. Dr. Burdett also had a night case, and Dr. Cole 

 had been laboring hard getting two men appointed on " the force." 

 Thomson thought some one had drawn the shot from his car- 

 tridges, while McCord know his shot opened all around the birds. 

 The fact was, while the Essex had rather the easiest birds, espe- 

 cially were they so formed toward the last when tho wind died 

 away, they shot magnificently, and tho Heights' boys own up 

 squarely. But thoy are far from satisfied, and yet believe they 

 have the metal and nerve in their ranks to wrest the victory from 

 Newark ; and when they get their new grounds in order close by 

 the watch factory, they propose to send another " invite." The 

 following is the score :— 



first squad. 



JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS. 



JK".Jf. 



Lewis... 1110110-5 2 



J. Toffey 1-1 6 



Eaton 010 10 1 1-4 3 



Levering .. . . 11 1-3 4 



Newton. 1110 10 1—5 2 



ESSEX. 



K.M. 



Hunt 1110111-6 1 



Brown 110 0-2 5 



Ditmar 10 1110 1-5 2 



Koeler 1110-3 4 



Ford 100110 1-4 3 



Loroy 1110 10 0-4 



MoCord 1000 10 0-2 



Cannon 010010 0—2 



Hedon. 1010 1 0-3 



Thomson.... 11110 0-4 



SECOND SQUAD. 



IBrentnal 10 110 11-5 



Belcher 10 10 1—8 



liliugsworth. 110 10 1 1—5 



I Hayos 1111 10—5 



| Robertson. , , 1110 1—4 



Hughes 1111111-7 



Paine 1110 10 1—5 



Cadmus 1110 111-8 



Cole 011111 1—8 



110 110-4 



THIRD SQUAD. 



1 Pense 11110 10-5 



2 Johnson..... 1 11110-5 



1 Benyo 110 10 1—4 



1 1 Findel 1111011-6 



3 I Williams 111111 1—7 



Heritage ... 110 11-4 



Henry. o 1 1 1 1 1-5 



Quinlin 1111111—7 



Hall...- 101110 1—5 



Burdott 110 110—4 



FOURTH SQUAD. 



Campbell. . . . 10 10 1 1—4 

 Pier 1 0110—3 



Bonnet 11 1111 1-7 



Wrightson.. 1110 1 1—5 

 Hope 1111110-6 



Total. 80 54 Total .... 94 46 



At the close of the shooting, about 5 o'clock, tho Essex boys 

 were escorted to tho club-room of the Jersey City Heights Club, 

 where an ample lay-out was ready for some seventy-flve as hungry 

 individuals as standing four hours in a March wind could natur- 

 ally make. The supper was got. up under the supervision of Geo. 

 Osborne, who many will remember as a caterer of note among the 

 celebrities of Jersey City. George is a member of the club, a ad be 

 fairly threw himself on this occasion, as the high encomiums pro- 

 nounced amply testify. After doing justice to the solids, and 

 liquids In a mild form had circulated sufficiently, Dr. Colo, pre- 

 siding, arose and proposed the tirst toast: "1 ho Essex Gun Club- 

 Gentlemen shooters all," and three cheers and a tiger were given 

 with a will. Toasts and speeches full of humor followed in quick 

 succession. Where there were so many and so good, we oanuot 

 discriminate; but can only mention among others Dr. PindeU 

 Hayes, Von Lengerku, Ponse, Hrentnall, and another gentleman 

 from the Essex whose name we failed to gel . He, though rather 

 small in stature, was so brimful of humor, and got off oft nay In 

 such a rollicking way, that he never failed to bring out the en' h u- 

 slaBtn of the entire party. Raphes were made by Dra. Burdett, 



Cole and Henry, M. T. Newbold, Thomson, Headdeu and otherB 

 At an early hour the Essex boys took their leave, expressing, as we 

 believe, the wish of all that more of those friendly contests among 

 clubs may take place in the future. Jacobstaff. 



Pennsylvania— Calawiwa, March Sf 7i .— Weekly practice of Cat- 

 awissa Fish and Game Protective Club :— 



Total. 



C. Thomas ..1111101100010 001101 0-11 



I- Kreigh 1101011111111111101 1—17 



ii , ton 1 1111010100110 01111 1-14 



C. M. Drinker 0111001101 withdrew. — 8 



. '.i s , i i, n i 1 'i i •--. — 4 



A. V7. Stadler 00101 10010101 11110 0—10 



H. B. Aldrich 10 11 UlllOlOOllllll 0-15 



<;. w. Koifsnyder llOlllll uioiOlllOl 1-10 



i'. Waters .1 111001100111111110 1—15 



A . A. King 0001100101 w. — 4 



C.Haley 10001100001100000011—7 



Total Hi 



Umpire— A. W. Stadler. Scorer— G. W. Reifsnyder. 

 NbrUiiim&efland, March VMh— Weekly shoot of the Susquehanna 

 Sportsman's Association; Card trap; 19 yards rise:— 



Jesse James , 1 100001111—8 



Jos.Everard i I 1 1 1-5 



/., Tavlor 010111100 1—8 



W. F. Taylor ,. 1111110 1—7 



S. D. Uurk 1 11111111 1—10 



Gco.Savidge 1 11101111 1—9 



Monday, March 15fh.— Card trap ; 18 yards rise :— 

 Jos. Everard, 19 out of 25 ; Z. Taylor, 19 out of 25 ; W. E. Taylor, 

 19 out of 25 ; Jessie James, 18 out of 25 ; Edw. Kiger, 4 out of 25. 



Capital City Gun Cdub— Washington, I). C, March 15th.— An 

 association bearing the name of the Capital City Gun Club 

 was formed here about March 1st; President, E. M. McLood; 

 Secretary, H. Stoddard; Treasurer, W. W. Eldridge. Our object 

 is mutual improvement in glass-ball and pigeon shooting. The 

 first meeting was held on Saturday afternoon on Meridian Hill. 

 Card's rotary trap was used, and several of the members had 

 never before shot over a revolving trap. The club will meet for 

 practice once a week during the season. The score was as fol- 

 lows :— 



E. M.MeLeod Ill 1111111111111111 1-20 



Harry King 11 11011111111111011 1—18 



P. If- Nagle 11 111111001111111 111— 18 



H.L. Shcpard 1100111111111111111 1—18 



■i IS. McKelden 1 110 1110 1110 1111111 1-17 



W. W. Eldridge 1 11 101011111 0111011 1—16 



E. S. Peck 1 100111010111101111 1—15 



Er-b-Bogardus Pigeon Match.— St. Joseph. Mo., Murch 11th.— 

 This match.which was f or a ] mrse of $200, was shot Thu rsday.March 

 1 1th . The conditions of the match were to shoot at 100 pigeons each, 

 from 5 ground traps; 12-boro double guns; the use of both ban-els 

 H ounce of shot; Hurlingham rules ; Erb to stand at 28 and Bo- 

 gardus at 30 yards. Bogardus used a 12 bore choke-bore by W. & C. 

 Scott & Son, 5drs. orange lightning No. 7 powder, No. 9 shot in 

 his first, and No. 7 shot in his second barrel. His gun weighs about 

 10 pounds. Erb used a gun of similar weight, made by James 

 Purdy & Bons, London. His shells were loaded with 4ldre. Haz- 

 ard powder (sea-shootiug, ducking size), and he used Chicago No. 

 6 shot in both his first and second barrels. That Mr. Erb— who by 

 the way is strictly temperate in his habits, and only nineteen 

 years old— should have beaten the acknowledged champion by 10 

 birds will no doubt be a surprise to many, as his score is also .a 

 good one. Followiog is the official score— 



CAFT. A. H. BOGARDUS— 30 YARDS. 



1* 1* 1 1 1 1 1* 1 1* 1 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 1 1 1* 1 



1* 1 1* 1* 1* 1* 1 1* 1 1 1 1 1 11111* 1* 11 



1*1* 00110 1* 10010 1*1* 1010 1 11 



1 1* 1* 1 1 1 1 1* 1* 1 1 1 1* 1 1* 1* 1 1 1* 

 1 1* 1* 1* 1 1 1 1 1* 1—83 birds out of 100 



FRED ERB, JR.— 28 YAADK. 

 1111 1+ 1111 1* 11* 1010 1* 11* 11 1*0 

 1* 1* 1* 1* 1* 1 1 1 1* 1 1* 1 1* 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 

 111* 11111111111101110 1*11*1 

 11111111011111* 11 11111 1*11 

 1 1 1 1* 1 1 1— 93mrdsoutof 100. 



Weather cold and windy, the wind blowing from the right to the 

 left across the traps. Time of shoot, 3 hours 5 minutes. Paul 



i: ■! ■.■: ■.<-', referee; B. F. Buzard, scorer. 



Birds marked * were killed with the second barrel. 



THE "PALMA" CONDITIONS. 



THE Board of Directors of the National Rifle Association met 

 on Tuesday afternoon last, and considered the question of 

 changing the conditions of the Palma match in accordance with 

 the views expressed in the Forest and Stkeam of last week. 



Col. Gildersleeve presided, and among the directors present 

 were Messrs. Shalcr, Donaldson, Litchfield, Fulton, Waters, Scott, 

 Sohermerhorn, Cowperthwalt and Grant. Col. Bodine was chosen 

 n director to Oil a vacancy, and Gen. E. L. Molineux, of Brooklyn, 

 also in the same manner. 



Major Fulton wished to have a note sent to the Scotch and Irish 

 teams, asking their views on the change in the Palma conditions. 

 This was opposed by Col. Cowperthwalto, who wished immediate 

 action, that a match might be brought about this year. Col. 

 Bodine said that a notice to the Irish team might bring a protest, 

 and then to proceed to act in the face of such a reply would be at 

 least discourteous. H the power to change lay with the N. R. A. 

 of America, and no one doubted that, then it could be exercised 

 and should be without asking opinions of any one. Col. Gilder- 

 sleeve said that in truth the old match had lapsed by the failure of 

 those originally invited to take part, and the problem now was to 

 make such new conditions as would insure a continuance of the 

 matches. It would not do to allow the Palma to lie by and rust, 

 and now the time bad come to take a new departure. 



It was finally resolved to place tbc matter in the hands of Major 

 Fulton mid Cols. Schermerliom, Scott, Story and Litchfield, who 

 will draw up new conditions in accordance with the following 

 preamble and resolution offered by Col. Wlngate, and unani- 

 mously passed:— 



lilt i rear. More t ban two years have elapsed w i thout a oo in po- 





inter 



• It l 



petitions, which have proven so 

 will be continued if the condition 

 to permit Great Britain to be rep 

 therefore 



of 'the rna'teh should bo changed 



I his association that the 

 idvantageotis lo rillo shoi 

 otl-henuilcli are Ii , ■ 

 sscnted by a single loam ; 



In eonectitm wish the discussion of the Palma conditions, tho 

 following expressions oi "opinion have been received from men 

 who have taken part as successful competitors in the contests for 



