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FOEEST AND STREAM, 



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shrubs, conspicuous among which were the azalea and 

 graceful yollow jasmine, while magnificent magnolias 

 and fragrant bar gave promise of a glorious bouquet in a 

 few weeks. We rested at the . excellent hotel at St. 

 Mary's, kept by Sir. Thompson, of the Kearsarge House, 

 New Hampshire, which we cheerfully recommend as one 

 of the best, cosiest and most reasonable hotels in the 

 South. And the week following our return, had the 

 gratification of meeting your old Mend — and excellent 

 sportsman — Mr. E. S. Kenney, of New York, who had 

 just returned from a trip up the river, delighted with 

 I lie excursion, and jubilant over a splendid shot he had 

 made from the deck of the steamer, which resulted in 

 the death of a noble deer. On the return trip, alligator- 

 shooting, shark-catching and porpoise-hunting, to say 

 nothing of drum and snapper-fishing, are the order of 

 the day here now, in magnificent sunshine, while we read 

 of snow and slush north of Virginia. Why will not thou- 

 sands of our people combine business with pleasure in 

 this singularly favored region, where there is room 

 and (as we have everywhere found') a welcome for all. 

 Okeefeenoke. 



Mississippi— VicksbvpOi Pel. asth.— My brother and I 



went over the lake in front of the city this morning to 

 bid the ducks good-by and found they had already per- 

 formed that ceremony and left. They have not been 

 abundant this season. Last year they furnished good 

 sport till the middle of April, The snipe are just coming 

 in, Ihii are q,uite wild. The season for quail closes March 

 15th, and so with most other game. So you see our days 

 for hunting are now few. Fishing quite poor. There 

 lias been no high water for three or four years, and the 

 supply in the lakes lias been exhausted. Weather ex- 

 tremely warm. B. H. P. 



Migrating Geese.— Palestine, Texas, March ISth,— 

 Large flocks of wild geese are flying over us nightly, 

 bound North. Some are reported as having stopped near 

 the bottom of the Trinity Kiver, distant about eighteen 

 miles south of this point. None have been secured to my 

 knowledge, One flock, or a portion of a flock, were fly- 

 ing around in a bewildered way one night this week, as 

 though thoy were at loss for their proper direction, As 

 the night was extremely dark and rainy, might they not 

 have become bewildered? Numerous hunting parties 

 are making the Trinity River their objective point for 

 wild turkeys. They are reported very plenty this spring, 

 although it is a little early for them to •' gobble " well. 

 One party, consisting of R. H. Mitchell, the t,vo Johnson 

 brothers and Ellis Stearns, drove to the old bed of the 

 river and succeeded in shooting three gobblers, and a 

 number of pigeons, squirrels, etc. Quail are very numer- 

 ous, but it is all or nothing. They seem to move en masse, 



L'Eclaire. 



Strange Capture of a Dove.— Pearisburg, Giles Co., 

 Va., March I5fh. — Many years ago I was out with a 

 neighbor's boy hunting for any kind of game that might 

 chance to fall" in our way. After proceeding about a mile 

 without seeing anything worth a shot, I saw rise up from 

 a corn shock some ten or a dozen doves. I saw they ware 

 coming directly overhead, and there being but one gun 

 between us, I suggested a shot at them from niy comrade, 

 who had the gun. He did not seem inclined to shoot, 

 when I remarked, with action to suit, that if he did not 

 shoot I would yell at them as they came over my head 

 and scare one to death. No sooner said than done, and 

 down came one of the birds from the flock. . When it 

 fell to the ground I looked at my companion not a little 

 surprised. After gazing an instant on his wide-stretched 

 eyes, I ran to get my dove, which was about twenty paces 

 away, fluttering as though its head had been severed 

 from its body, f picked it up to ascertain, if I could, the 

 cause of its strange proceedings. After a speedy exter- 

 nal examination, and finding all the parts sound, I 

 opened its mouth and the mystery was solved. In its 

 gullet, in sight, were a couple of corn grains, which it 

 was carrying in its mouth, and which it had attempted 

 to swallow, as it passed over our heads. They had be- 

 come lodged in the throat and had caused strangulation 

 to such an extent as to bring the bird to the ground. I 

 removed the grains of com and he went on his way re- 

 joicing. T. T. P. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



Maine.— Topsham, MarcJi 18th.— Riverside Club shoot ; Card's re- 

 volving trap ; 18 yards rise :— 



A.Q.Goud 1 1111101111101 1-13 



Ybrk.' 1110111111111 1-13 



Winslow 1111111100000 1-9 



C.Goud 1 0101101111101 1-11 



Stetson 1 1011111111111 0-13 



Reyes 1111111101110 1-12 



Ties on 13:- 



Q.A. Goud .0 111—31 York Ill 11—5 



Stetson 10 11—3 1 



W, A. S. 



Raymond Sportsmen's Club.— Maicn 30th— Match at 20 balls 

 each, handicap added in Hie following summary; the result be- 

 ing nine ties for six prizes :— 



Doublet. Rotary. Total. 



O.F.Belcher 50 50 100 100 



B F S ehaefer 50 50 100- -100 



W B. Witherell « 50 96x 1-100 



J C Smith « 45 90x10-100 



W Charles 41 « 88x12-100 



KP (feasor 40 45 85x15-100 



T VsuilUi 48 42 88x12—100 



V H IV," ..... : 43 40 83x17-100 



H.H.Harris 44 39 S3xlT-100 



Merry Mount Shooting Club— Quincy, Mass., March 20th.— 

 Match at 80 halls oach ; 18 vards rise :— 



Rotary. Double 

 Trap. Trap. Total. 



Albert Keating J 10 



J. ,1m Curtis, 2(1. - 10 8 



Tharaaa Curtis » 



GteorgeMQ^ 9 T 



K Ilardwick --8 a 



H.O.Studlcy 8 



Perez Chubbuok 6 6 



C-LiPresoott 8 3 



T | 1(J ,uasFurm.l.l , 3 



Frank Curl is 4 5 



W Ni;ililc,''J>Ui- 4 B 



D iriel FT. Moore 4 4 



AT the conclusion of the above match, Ed wind Hardwiok chal- 



,1 Albeit Keating for the silver badge won by the latter last 



month. Tie cesull i- 



Albort Keating 1 10 



Edward Hard wick, 7 o 



Belkevue Range.— March 20th.— Match from double nud ro- 

 tary traps:— 



Double Rotary 



Trap. Trap. Total. 



O.F.Belcher - - it) 10 20 



1" 10 20 



R.1?. Scnaefer 10 10 £0 



W. Sharles 10 ? 10 



B-mirj 7 10 17 



j.u. Smith 8 17 



T!p .-ntrv 8 8 10 



J.B.-EOX. 8 9 17 



Re-entry 7 7 14 



\Y. E. Buwyer 8 fl 17 



G. J. Goodale ... 8 9 17 



H.H.Harris 10 7 17 



W. B. Wir.herell 8 8 10 



Re-entry - -.- -8 8 16 



K. P. Gleas, 



i,v- 



niry 



J.C. Smith - 7 



Re-entry 8 



P.Janes 8 



lie-entry I) 



H. Button 8 



Re-entry 8 



A. A. Skinner 7 



J.E.Nason - « 



T.C. Snow 4 



9 



a 



12 



New York— March 18th.— A pigeon match took place at College 

 Point, L.I., on the 17th Instant, between Mr. George Van Wagenen 

 and Mr. Garrett Roach, of this city, for a silver cup; 25 birds a 

 side; 24 yards rise. The day was anything but a g' 

 shooting, as the wind blew a gale, and from the oxp( 

 tion of the grounds it was very disagreeable. Neverthless a fine 

 score was made. This was the first attempt [of Mr. Van Wagenen 

 at pigeons, although he enjoys a One reputation us a Held shot. 

 The birds were all strong and good flyers. Mr. Van Wagenen 

 used a 10-bore Hackett and Mr. Roach his celebrated 12-bore 

 G reener. Mr. Sloate noted as referee. We append the score :— 

 Garrett Roach. . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-22 

 G. Van Wagenen! 110 110 11 1110 01010011010 1-18 



Brooklyn Gun ChVit— Dexter Park, March 23d.— Twelfth and 

 last monthly contest for a gun ; 10 birds each • 80 yards boundary . 

 ground traps ; ljozs. shot :— 



Yards Eke. Killed- 



T. Broadway.. 28 1101111111—0 1 0—1 1 1 13 



S. Steel ...21 101111111 1-0* 1-1 1012 



Brver 28 1111010111 8 



Creed 23 1111100 11] 8 



Barker...- 28 011111111 8 



Robinson 21 0111011111 8 



Wynn 30 *01011»111 



Munn,. ...24 111001110 



White 26 1110 110 5 



Billings 28 1 * 1 1 3 



WUlard 27 1110 3 



Stevens 28 



West 25 



Same Day.— The four members o£ the club who succeeded in 

 Inning the gun twice each during the year then shot off the tie 



so as to decide the ownership ; tie decided at three birds each and 



under the same conditions as above. Score :— 







1 



1 



110-8 



1 1 1—8 



i i o l— a 



0—5 



1-6 



1 0-8 

 0-7 



o withdrawn.— 3 



1110 1 1—8 



1111-8 



111110-8 



_ 1 1 1 1—5 



withdrawn —1 



Match for gun and badge at 21 yards; Van Brackle, 22 yards ; 

 ground trap ; llozs. shot:— 



James Van Brackle -... 



George Wait ... 



Edward Van Deveer 1 



A. R. Colnian . 



J. B. Bergan ... 



H.A.Warne 1 i 



James Lombertson. 1 1 1 



V. li. Hjer 110 



F. W.Bonk 1 '. 



W.H.Buniop Ill 



C.Warne 1 1 1 



O. Muirheid 10 1 



.-:,:., inJ I. mi. i.-"t--.:,r, . <■ li II 



J, (i. Tvens 



Ties shot off; miss and go out; 21 yards t— 



G. Wait I W. A, Bunlap 



H.A.Warne -...1 1 1 C. Warne IT? 



F.E.Hyer 110! C. Muirheid 



Tub HnsuisisiowN Tournament.— Hummelstoiun, Pa., March 

 20th.— To-day was agala day here among the sportsmen who came 

 together to have a grand shooting match of pigeons and glass 

 balls. The tlrst match was between Keller and Allen at 20 glass 

 balls from a Card revolving trap :— 



W.Allen 1101101111111 100 101 1-15 



G. H. Keller ....111100111111111 1 1 01 0—18 



Second match ; miss and out:— 



Keller 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11-15 



Allen Ill 111111111)1 0-11 



Swcepsatkes; 10 balls; 3 prizes:— 



C.Billings 



W. Wynn 



T. Broadway. . . 

 E. Stevens 



rardsRi.se. 



111-111 

 111—110 

 111-0 1 



Killed. 

 



Fountain Gun Club.— ParksvilU, L. I., 3Iarch 16th.— Seventh 

 contest of the Fountain G tin Club for three special prizes, to be 

 awarded to the three highest average scores in nine contests ; 

 shot for at 7 birds each (3 at 21 yards, 2 at 26 yards and 2 at 31 

 yards) ; from H and T plunge-traps ; 80 yards boundary ; using 

 one barrel ; F. G. Club rules :— 



21 ras. 20 ya*. 31 rag. k. m. 



E.H.Madison Ill 11 10 8 1 



J.T.Slane. Ill 01 11 6 1 



H. Smith 011 11 01 5 2 



Cherry 11 10 11 5 3 



C. Wiugert 1 11 10 i 3 



Harris 10 1 11 4 3 



J. White 10 01 10 3 4 



Cowenhoveu Ill 3 4 



P.Duffy 1 10 1 Z i 



F.Paris 1 10 ft 6 



R. Hunter .10 1 2 5 



C.Lemken 1 1 6 



Referee— Mr. Harry Miller. 



Queen City vs. Audubon— Brooklyn, March 6th.— The shooting 

 match between George W. Smith, of the Queen City Sportsmen's 

 Club, and George Mcister, of the Audubon Club, in which an un- 

 usual degree of interest was centered, took place yestorday after- 

 noon at Byron M. Schultz's place, Buffalo Plains, and attracted 

 the largest assemblage ever gathered at a private shoot in this 

 city. They shot at 100 tame pigeons each, from ground traps, 

 twenty yards rise. The match was conducted under the Forester 

 Club rules for ground trap shooting. Jonathan Sidway, Esq., 

 acted as referee, while Messrs. Willis C. Jacus and Robert Newell 

 officiated as judges for Messrs. Smith and Meister respectively. 

 Messrs. John B. Sage and H. E. Stevens were appointed oflioial 

 score-keepers. The birdB were first class, only two having been 

 decided as " no bird" according to rule. The scores were as fol- 

 lows :— 



George W. Smitn-1 01101111101011111011101 1 

 11111011011110110011 01111011 111111111 

 1111001111110111111100111111010111111 

 1-60 



George Meister— 1 1111111111111100111111011 

 011111010111110101110 1011111110010 1 

 0111011101101100110111000111111110111 

 -74. 



Mr. Meister took the lead and kept it, varying from two to four 

 birds, until the fifty-ninth bird shot at, which he missed, making 

 the score a Be, and from then he faiied at any time to place him- 

 self within two of his competitor, who won by the remarkable 

 score of eighty birds out of the hundred. C. A. K. 



Murphy vs. Hallock.— Match at Bergen Point, N. J., between 

 E. G. Murphy, of the New York Gun Club, and H. W. Hallock, of 

 the Narragansett Gun Club ; 100 birds each ; 30 yards rise ; 5 

 ground i.raps; use of both barrels; Hurlingham rules; $500 a 

 side. Mr. Murphy allowed Mr. Hallock seven dead birds:— 



MURPHY. 



1111011 01111111 11110111 11111110011110011110 



oiimioii imoii io otii tu oiotiioiioiioioiiii 



111011111110 0-Killcd, 77 ; missed, 28. 



hallock. 

 : 1011100111011000011101 11111110101110110111 

 00001 01111111 111 10 000100 1111111101011100 01 



Dlllll 10 01 1— Killed, 03 ; missed, 37. 

 Time of match, throe hours. 



ft! II 



S.Y SH 





lean, N. j., March 19th. -Th 



id the follow In 



' Mat 



held Marcn IBthJn theeln.br 



were elected officers for the ensuing ye 



Lombertson; Vice-President, H. H. Wurne ; Secretary, P. C. 

 Disbrow ; Treasurer, James Van Brackle. The olub then ad- 

 . their grounds, ami a portion of the members partici- 

 pated in the regular monthly shoot, with the following result. 



W. Allen 1111111011— 9 



i..ll 11 111111-10 

 1111111110—9 



.1. Clark 01 1011110 0-6 



W. Wade. ...111)1101110— 7 



H. Boat 110 0110011— « 



Sweepstakes; 5 balls; 2 prizes; ties shot off at miss and out:— 



J.Whitmoyerl 01001110 0-5 

 G.H. Koller.lli I I 1 I 1- 8 



W. Bock 10111 01011- 7 



J.O. O.V>ter..0 000Oll00I- 3 

 J. Bucher,...1011110110-7 



J.Koons 1 110 0-3 



G. KeUer 1111 1-5 



J. May 1 0011-3 



S. Whitmover.. 10 11 0—3 



W. Wado 10 111—4 



H. Boat 1111 1—5 



Kell< 

 Wftte3 



Fifth sweepstakes ; 10 balls ; 2 prizes :— 



■ and Roat tied again i 



J.McKee.. 1111-1 



W. Book I 1 1 1 1—5 



W. Allen 1 111 0— 1 



S. Peace 0101 1-3 



J. 0. Oyster 1 1—2 



A. Whitamer 10 10 1-S 



a 8 each ; Keller finally winning: 



G. Keller 1111111110-9 



J. Ovster 100 1010010-4 



.T.May 1011111010-7 



| 1011110011—7 



W. Wade 1011110111-8 



J. Criner 1111111011— 9 



J.Bucher 0001011101— 5 



W. Bock 1111111111—10 



S.Clark 1011111011— 8 



B. Miller 101011 1111— 8 



' Tin nershifz. .1010110111—7 



The sixth match was for the pigeon match for $114 in gold, and 

 brought out thirty-six shooters to the trap. A strong wind blow- 

 ing across the field, the birds were carried rapidly to the right, 

 quartering from the trap, which gave a good chance to decide: 

 the merits of the shooters. First prize, $60; second, $30; third,. 

 $20; fourth. $14:— 



W. Allen Ill 11-5 



W.MeGlaehin 1111—4 



Jacob Suell 0100 0—1 



Mike Stuart 0111 1—4 



William Wade 1111-4 



M. H. Burkholder. . . 1111 0— I 



JohnButz 1 1110-4 



Frank Criner 1 10 1—3 



Samuel Peace 10 1—2 



F. H. Rtnohl 011 1 1—4 



E. K. Greiger 110 1—3 



James Clark 0000 0—0 



Jack Olmer 1 1 110—4 



sol Shenk l 10 1—3 



Russell Miller 1 1-2 



.lac Wikel 0011 1—3 



H. Hinnershitz 10 1-2 



JohnSneU 011 0—2 



H.Roat 1 0011-3 



Oliver Hinnershitz.. 1 110 0—3 



M. Isenbrice 1111—4 



George H. Keller.... 1 110 1—4 



Joe Martin 0—0 



Ed. Hager 11 1—3 



Ji. Bord 1 1— Z 



i. \\ M'utmoyer 111 0-3 



: i ei.-i . .i ! — ' ■ 



Miff Wright 10 1—2 



Bob Banford 11110-^4- 



J. Donbar (M 1 0— 2 



, i : ■■ ii 



John Bolton 1 1—2 



J.O. Oyster 1 0-1 



J. Keens 1 1 1 1 0— * 



J.B.May 1 0-1 



J. Downs 10 1—3 



K. 

 Gum City Gun Ceub.— The third annual pigeon tournament 

 of the Gulf City Gun Club will be held at Mobile, Ala., April 28th, 

 29th and 30tli, open to all amateurs. No gun larger than 10-bore. 

 allowed. Charge of shot li ounces, Dixon measure, 1,106 or 1,107' 

 the limit . Headquarters for sportsmen, Gulf City Gun Club rooms' 

 Opal Building, second story. All matches to be shot from EC. and 

 T. plunge traps, unless otherwise specified in the programme, and 

 prizes awarded as follows: 50 percent, to first; 30 per cent, to 

 second; 20 per cent, to third. Five per cent, of all purses to 

 be deducted for expenses. Under no circumstances will any 

 shooting be allowed except at the score. For further information, 

 apply to G. W. Tunstall, Chairman Execu live Committee. 



Mississippi— Union Cfiurch, March 17th— On tho 2d of July last, 

 we organized the Union Church Gun Club, with a membership of 

 ten, The following are the officers: President, John McArn.) 

 Vice-President, Ben. Garrett; Secretary and Treasurer, John S. 

 Giilis. The opening match was shot on the day of organization by 

 only six of the members, from two Bogardus traps, 15 single 

 balls each, 18 yards rise, Bogardus' Rules:— 



J. B. McArn 10101 1 1110 100—8 



Dougal Torrey 00101111110110 1—10 



Eddie Lamb . 00101110111101 1—10 



S. Lehmaun, all goose eggs ~— 00 



J. S. Giilis 101110 10 1111 11—11 



Ben. Garrett 0011 00 111111 111—11 



We expect to reorganize pretty s 



J.S.G. 



PASAitA.— The Star and Herald reports a late pigeon mat eh en- 

 gaged in by some sportsmen whose names are familiar to our New 

 York readers. The day was fair, but the wind was strong. Ths 

 birds were fine, but mostly incomers ; 21 yards rise ; 40 yards 

 limit :— 



Legnadier 8 6 1 Grant 8 T 



Richman 8 6 Jackson 8 6 



Thorington 8 7 I Rathbun 6 6 



Scorer and Referee— Surgeon T. M. Dearborn, United StateB 

 steamer Constitution. 



Challenge from Bogardus to Erb.— Chicago, Rh— Editor 

 Forest and Stream :— As I shot a match at pigeons with Fred Brb' 

 Jr., at 100 birds each, at St. Joseph, Mo„ on Uth of March, and 

 gave him two yards odds, he shooting at twenty-eight yards and I 

 at thirty, and as he made a big score and won, now^f would like to 

 shoot him a match on even terms, thirty yards rise, English rules, 

 as 1 want practice for my English match, which comes off in 

 July. As far as si looting for "big money" is concerned,! will 

 shoot the match for the price of birds, or for from $100 up to 

 $1,000 a side, and then if I win I will give him the same odds as 

 before in another match, or I will let him name a match at 100 

 pigeons, any rise, double or single. If this match is accepted I 

 would name the last week in April as the date, and St. Louis, Mo. 

 as the place, or any other half-way ground. I will agree to fur- 

 nish the pigeons for tlie match, and guarantee they will 0y with- 

 out going out to scare them up. As ISrl, is one of the best Hliota 

 in tho country, I hope he may accept this, for 1 want to find a 

 man who can equal me or beat me, and then we will go to Eng- 

 land as a team. A. H. I'.oeA lines. 



—The Forge House, at the Fulton Chain (Boonvifle), 

 Adirondacks, has opened for the season. 



