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FOREST AND STREAM. 



fMAY 0, 1880. 



DUNCfftsa with k Grizzly.— The following is a rem- 

 iniscence of my lonely travel down the Missouri in the 



ilil 



spring and em 

 captivity among 1.1 

 head waters of the 



a piece of an old 13 



great value to mi 

 hard stone, get spa 

 an old kind of a 

 clumsy, was inv 

 among the willows 

 been killed, as I n 

 and so I ws 

 fleeing from every 



good, Ion' '"'■■' ' 



maidoof tanned m 



if, the whole lined 

 the pocket were so 

 tilings, which led 

 i doctor. N 

 / plentv, and h 

 buffalo calf thev h 

 liver, and soon fou 

 Cliff and built my 

 piece of flat stone, and ) 

 of my spear, holding it i 



pome time during my 

 the mountains near th 

 •It. I had seen and secure 

 This af terward proved 



nth 



ure a fire. 

 although 

 pr the fife 



irsued, 

 tened c 



arlooke 



°d 



-ski 



id bi 



. I Be 



.(i'lo'i.i 



iket ii 

 and ii 

 I othe: 

 of ai 



Iiulh 



he Uppe 



i la 



of th. 



blaze I 

 eating the 

 ten feet of th. 

 noticed that bag 

 out bis nose and smelt 

 for he jumped on one t 

 sharply eyeing it. 

 " All" kinds of 

 lake apron o 



the grave 



,11s the buffalo were 



_ T drove" away some wolves from a 



1 just killed. "I took the saddle and 



d'a good place under a large rocky 



Ri-e. and was broiling the liver on a 



.1 a piece of the loin on the end 



the lire. Looking through the 



_ which had approached and 



neat, which I had left within some 



I think he had not seen me. He 



the meat, and stretched 



and seemed afraid of it, 



il moved away sideways. 



1 so went off. I never saw him 



; urea seemed to be afraid of that 



rattle: 



mil 



pouch on the other. 1 slept quite safely. This was 

 the only time I lunched with a bear. 



I once saw a terrible fight between two bears of about 

 the same size, and once came across a large dead one in 

 the river. I secured two very large claws, which I 

 brought home with me. G. F. W. 



THE LE BOY SHOT CO. BADGE. 



Anknt the Gats. — Lynn, Mass., April 26M. — V 

 glad to see your caution against the domestic cat as a 

 game destroyer. This animal ought to be exterminated. 

 All insectiverous birds ought to be protected an.l encour- 

 aged to breed in our gardens and near our dwellings as 

 much as possible ; and, as they have plenty of natural 

 enemies, the cat can be well dispensed with. 



There is a locality near lure where the young quail are 

 annually caught up by cats, and when the season comes 

 m, I her.! are but four or live birds where there ought to 

 be forty. Last fall, a farmer back here in the country 

 said his cat had caught a whole brood of young p art- 

 ridges, she bringing in one every day or two until they 

 were all gone, and that brood was known to have hail 

 twelve birds in it the first of the summer. "That cat 

 ain't catching any this year." Snares are nowhere 

 alongside of these pests. Many farmers have three or 

 four. that get their living in the woods all summer, and 

 the amount of destruction to game birds must be im- 

 mensely large in a season. 



When my dog [joints a cat in the woods, 1 always make 

 it a point to scoop in that feline, if lean, regardless of her 

 color or politics, and shall continue to do so as long as 

 I can stand behind four drachms of powd' t 



■ it is said to have nine lives, a half-dozen thrown 

 out of aBogardus trap would give a fellow some good 

 prartice once in a while during the close season : and a 

 man that could shoot ten straight, or shoot them so they 

 would lie straight, 1 should call a good shot, and a public 

 benefactor. ' Orow V,lve. 



, i ibk— Flattstwpg, April 25th— I shot four snipe 

 on the 22.1. This is the lirst bag of snipe that has been 

 made here this season. F. B. J. 



New York.— Rochester, April %Sth,— Snipe shooting is 



know th 

 heard of 



s of this regi 

 i the spring 

 rs out to tin 

 r, and few 



fi- 



nd the game has not 

 lany years. Parties 

 His known resorts of 

 n emptv-handed. I 

 -i - bv - been made, and have 

 numbers of the long bills fall- 

 irly lucky shooters. A dealer 

 orning that a man yesterday 

 bushel basket full of snipe. 



I -with a friend, after 

 g wild pigeons on the 

 Iropped from the cars, 

 v seen on the Central 



Tlwnc 

 clubs at 



testing i 

 and is f 

 the latti 

 Pi 



al of 1 



ill she 



etc 



It: 



Tied on hereby 

 i the purpose of 

 ikill quite as well as pigeon-shooting, 

 •ee from objections that may be urged against 

 :r. In time ball shooting will nearly supersede 

 geon shooting. E. R. 



Kansas — Abilene, April 2$lh. — Our usual spring flight, 

 of plover commenced about April 4th, and they have 

 been, and are now. very plenty, and large bags have been 

 made— Stevens and "Wemyes killing '76 in three hours' 

 shooting. Ducks have been more than usually plenty. 

 Some few geese ; but no brant on the wheat, this spring. 

 Three years ago I noticed the first robin, now they are 

 plenty. ^^ Dirigo. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



Maine— Top/iam, April 30S».— Annual shoot of tho Riverside 

 Shooting- Club. A very strong wind Wowing-. The following is 



York-Rotarv, 1111110 10 1-8 

 0-8; Doubles, 1.1 01 to 00 11-5. Tom 



Keen— Rotary. 1001010 1 0-4 

 O-.'i; Doubles, 00 00 It Of 



Bogardus, 111111110 

 21. 



Itotrardus, 010100010 



-8; Bogardus, t 1 1 1 

 otal 10. 



; liogiirdus, 1 110 100 

 1 15. 

 igardus, 100001011 



A.E.Hall Rotary, n 1110 11111 



1—5; Doubles, 00 ID 11 11 10--0. '1 

 Bonney— Rotary, 111110-5 



1 I— ti; Doubles, in 00 u 00 01— 4. Iota 

 Key i Rotary.O 11 1101 l 6: li. 



1—5; Doubles. 01 10 11 11 10—7. Total is. 



G. H. Goud— Rotary, ) 111111 0-7; Bogardus, 10 110 

 10 1 0-5; Doubles. On in It 111 10— (i. Total 18. 



II. C. Hall-Rotary. 110 10 111 0-ii ; r.ogardus, 1110 11 

 1 1 1-8: Doubles, 10 00 11 01 10-5. Total 19. 



A.O. <bni. I Rotary. 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1—8; Bogardus, 10 10 



1 1 1-5; Doubles, 01 11 11 10 11— 8. Total SI. 



C. Ootid Rotary, 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 0-7; Hogardue, 1 110 10 11 

 lis, DouM.-s, II 10 10 11 01-7. Total 23. 

 Stetson Robin, 1110 10 1 0-5; liogardtlS, 1 1 1 I 1 



1 1—7; Doubles, 01 00 00 01 11—1. Total IB. 



At tho animal meeting, held Thursday evening, the following 

 officers were chosen tor the ensuing yoar: President, G-. Cram ; 

 Secretary, J, S. Bonner ; Treasurer, S. Knight, Jr. 



J. S. B., Secretary. 



New Haven Gun Club.— New Haven, Conn., April SSth.— The 

 New Haven G tin. Chili held its regular medal shoot on Wednesday, 

 April SSi.li. Can not account lor the small mtmher of sweep- 

 stakes and medal shoots, unless they knew that Merwin was to be 

 present. But, very unfortunately, Merwin was hardly able to 

 shoot, being sick; but he was present at the medal shoot, bardly 

 able lo resist the recoil of 3idrs. ot powder. But he did, and did 

 so bravely. Would some of our brother sportsmen had a little 

 more backbone on medal shoot days and sweepstake shooting. 

 They might make as good a record. Following is sweepstake 

 shooting. All shooting from 3 traps and Bogardus rules. 



Sweep No. l; one money:— 



Dee 100 0— II Folsom ,1 111 1—5 



Beers.. .' . . 1 1 1 1— 1 1 Jorey 11111-5 



Folsom and Jorey divided. 



Sweep No. Sj one money:— 



Leete 10 0-1 I Jorey 1 1 1 1 1-5 



Beers 1110 n-;S IVno 11111-5 



Folsoni 1 1 1 0—3 | 



Jorey and Penn divided. 



•e|> NO 



: tw 



1 111111011—91 Hanson ...1 11111111 1—10 



Jorey 111111111 1-10 j Penn 1011111011-8 



On lies, Jorey won first money. 



Sweep No. 1 :— 



Folsoni l 1jV3 I Merwin l i 1(1 i— I 



Beers oiloo B Jorej 11111-5 



Hanson 1.111 1-5 I Peun .1 1 1 1 1-5 



On tics, Jorey won lirst money. 



Sweep No. 5; one money:— 



Folsom. 1111 1—5 I Jorey 1110 1—4 



Hanson 10 11 1—1 I Colvin 1 10 1—3 



Sweep No. 0; one money:— 



Hanson 1 1111-51 Jorey..-. 1 1 1 1—1 



Penn 0-0 , Folsom 1 111 1—5 



On ties, nanson won first. 



Medal shoot:— 



Merwin 1111111110 110 111111-17 



Folsom 1111 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 10 



Colvin 1111111111111111111 1-20 



Penn 11110 1111111111111 0—11 



Beers 11110 111111110 11111-17 



.... 1 I 111111111 11 



Hanson 1111111111111111110 0-1S 



J . ,. -;. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 i 1-20 



:-- L i . in] i i , ;;- handicapped one ball, and won the badge. 



Mr. Jorey broke 57 consecutive balls, and would have been a 

 hard party to tie with on tho badge shoot, although his gun 

 drawing blood on his arm at every shot. 



New Vokk- Syraeuss, April 29fh.- The members of the Onon- 

 daga < 'ounty Sportsman's Club held a shoot to-day lor their gold 

 medal. The wind was blowing a terrific gale from the south, and 

 suits were very unsatisfactory to the participants. The 

 following is I he score;- 









Total. 



- Hudson 





...11 00 11-4 



1111 1-5 ti 



H. Drury 





...01 11 01—4 



1110 1—1 8 



X. Rimlior 





..00 11 01-3 



1*111-1 7 







...00 11 01—3 



1111 0-4 1 



II. Luther 





...10 00 10-3 



1111 1-5 7 



E. LoiUler 





.. 10 10 10-3 



10 1—3 5 



H. Pork 





...00 H 01-3 



»111H 



It. Strung 





...io oo oo-i 



10*11-3 i 



E. Hudson won 



the medal 



for the second time. B. Lodderand 



w. Page nave als 



) won it tw 



ice. Itbceonies the property of the 



:obe 



At-: 



I inr 



nclusion of the above shoot a sweepstakes was 



■ - 'i w Oh the following result: CI. Luther, R. Strong and II. 



Drury killing 8; Hudson, Morse and Crouch. 7. O. Luther and II. 



n tied at 23 yards, each killing 5; H. Drury killed 3; 



Luther, none at 31 yards; Hudson, Morse and Crouch again tied at 



20 yards, but at 31 H ttdson shot them out by killing 2. Vn:. 



,o /.-The annual trap shoot of the Mon- 

 roe County Club took place on the Rochester Driving Park yes. 

 torday at wild ligures. No prizes were offered, and members of 

 . and Rochester Gun Club took part In the shooting. 

 Horace SUsby, President ot the State Association, came on 

 ground in the afternoon, and proved that his hand has not lost 



its cunning with the gun. Everything went oil >i. o tij 



SS' -twenty-one yards :— 



. li I W.J. Itahcoek. 



. Mo 



u 



8 

 E 



P.. A. AtlBTUa. 



H. It. Hooker 

 H. Ftnapp . .. 

 A. Hmwiicll . 

 W. J. R.theoel 

 H. H. Morse 



8 

 

 10 



J. 0. Hart 

 W.S. Kimball 

 Ft. Knapp... 



E. G. Biltiugs 



igle rises— thirty-one yards ; — 



E¥, Butts 71 J. K. Beekwith Il 



.A. Strains 7 E. T. Curtis 7 



. \V. Crouch. Jr 7 I H. Silsby 9 



Double rises: 

 H. B. Hooker. .11 11 11 11 10- I E. O. Sage .... 01 00 11 01 01— 5 

 J. K.Beckwith 10 11 10 to II- ; .1, K. Bockwfthll 11 11 11 11-10 



J. C. Hart 



10 10 11 on 00- i 



Dr. Ada 



ir; 



....10 10 11 11 10—7 



E. Redmond.. 



11 II HI 



It 11 II 



1 1, r. Mi 





11 10 11 ul It- 8 



11. H.Moise .. 



10 11 11 



11 10— 6 



H A.SI 





us .10 11 10 01 11- 7 



B, B. Pono 



11 10 u 



ii io- a 







,h. jo io it ii io- s 



J.C. Hart... . 



10 II 11 



III nil - il 



E. R-'U,, 





(1....11 11 It 01 01- 8 



W. B. Kimball. 



.00 11 00 



i i 



II. S.lsbj . 



11 11 10 11 11— 9 



Miner Rod 



AND tiltN Ol.CB.- 



-Pigeon 



natch in club grounds, 



Springfield, L 



I„ April 15th ; 



5 traps; 



25 yards rise: SO yards 



boundary :— 













Aery..... 







... 1 







1110 1-5 



Vosoamp 







.... 1 



1 



1 1 1 li ii i 



-Miner 







... 1 



1 



1110 1 1 



Davis 







.... 1 



I 



1111111—9 



England ,. 







.... 1 



1 



1 1 I I 1 1-3 



Wood 







.... 1 



1 



110 111 0-7 



CAPITA!. Oitv Coin Ci.kb.— TTashiijfjlnn 



D 



. C, May UL— At a 



recent meeting of this 



elub it 



was vot. 



1 



o shoot d match of 



twenty single 



>alls, we 



Jtly, for 



WO gold 



in. 



dais, to be KtnOWn as 



lirst and secot 



I BTJSej 







1 



match to wear tho 



same until bea 



the bade 



es to be 

 jectively 





the season to 



the inn 



i. iriB i he best per- 



centage in at 1 



■asttliiri 



sea rega 



bx thatches 



. The lirst shoot for 



these badges t 



.ok plue 



B on the 



grounds 



of the elub thisal'ter- 



noon, when th 



■ lirst p 



■toe was 



won by 



M 



. w itmrj and the 



second by Mr. MeLeo 

 Mr. Shepard for (he 

 MeLood at 82, and i 



tollow 



Mr. ftlfUs Bhol .o 25 yar Is I )i , Ml 

 22, and the other iii 80, ii-oiu Card's rotary trap, 



Pnfl smoke largct balls were usetl. The prai-'tico 

 li p. i was shot at 18 yards, Bognrdus rules. Sir. 

 c acted: aa referee; n,--. i te al satisfaction. The 



e tho scores. Match for gold medal : — 



Levi Woodbury 1111111111111111111 1-20 



H.L. Shepard 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 1 l l 1 1 1 l 1 I 1 1 l 0-lh 



E.M. McLeod 11110 11111111111111 1-19 



K. L. Mills 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 I I I II 1 1—18 



W. B. McKclden 110 1111111111110 1110 17 



T.E.King 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 I I 1-17 



C.J. Stoddard Ill 11 11100110 1110111 18 



VV. W. Eldridge. , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-lli 



IV. H. Wadsworlh II 101 10100 1111011011 II 



E.S. P.-ek t 1 1 1 1 o on 1 I i i I D ii " i - 



Harry King 001 11 1 1 (II I 1 1 I 1 1 0- 12 



P. F. Nagle 1 1 1 1 l> 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 - 11 



Tie shot off for second medal :— 



E.M.McLeod 111111111 1-10 



ILL. Shepard.... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1- ti 



Double ball match :— 



11. L. Shepard... 11 10 111111-0 

 Levi Woodbury. 11 II II III II -0 



a, i.. miiis loini lin-H 



W. R.McKelden II Hi 1 1 mil s 

 T. E. King II III 11 (il II a 



W. W. KMridgo. ol 11101111-8 

 E. 8. Pill k . II II 1000 11—7 



N. It. Wadsworlh II in 1 fi t. 



trry] ins ... 11 010100 01—6 



C.J.Stoddard... 10 i;i 000 -■ 



W. W. li. 



The WASnTOOTONPeUB.— lr*dS7l(nfltoii, D. C, afoi/2rt.-A num- 

 ber of promineut business men met al iIm resii w ) ol Dr. J. 

 w. Van Armim on last Wednesday evening;, to tajte 

 sideration the organization of a shooting: oluh. All <i iterohaiig- 



ing opiniousa constitution and by-laws were adopted. The fol- 

 lowing officers were elected : President, Dr. .1. W. Van Allium; 

 Vice-President, C. R. Dufour; Secretary, C.M.O; olcn . Tivasui.r, 

 William Holmead: Captain, George A. Beutley; Scorer, W. B. 

 Bul'ord. The elub have selected ghootina gl'orindB at Holmead, 

 and are having (lulu plftoed In line condition* It is the intention 

 ot the club to inaugurate a tournament shooting season during 

 the summer, when i I is: expected that crack flints from the best 

 clubs in the country will participate. The club meets twice u week 

 for practice. 



VroaraiA.— Portsmouth, May lsfc-Jit a regular contest of the 

 Seaboard Shooting Association for the gold badge, held yester- 

 day, the following score whs made with a heavy wind blowing, 

 shooting from Card's rotating trap:— 



n 1 1 1 1 oil 11 1 11 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 I IB 



i mill in 1 1 oi i mo i-i« 



i . 1 1 I 1 i I 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 J-1S 



11. G. Williams I a 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-1S 



,las. F. Can- 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I I o I I I II I l-li 



W. A. Wilkins 11101111 1111 111110 1—1J 



S.W.Gary 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I I I I 1 u-ir, 



C. P. Edwards I o 1 1 1 o 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 (I 1 1- 15 



Dr. 11. F. Butt 1 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 1 o 1 1 1 1 1 1—14 



J.T.Baird o 1 ] 1 1 1 1 I I 1 I n -10 



J. M. Dinford II 1 1 1 (I 1 1 tl 1 1 1 —8 



W. Hart 1 1 1 I J I I I I I 1 1 I 1 1 1- Hi 



W.P. Ives 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 101 11 1 II 10 1 1 1 1-17 



H. G. W. 



EBB-BOGAiinrs itATCB < '■" Id 



me he never shot before such a crowd as was present > 



rangements had been made to keep the crowd within bounds, and 

 before the firsl ten birds were shot, the tpuctatora formed alo> 



terVfrom the shooters, and several bh I lyii Id 



were shot at the imminent peril of the eroWd. Once Bogardus 



-iiootiit a bird Hying toward the crowd 



times he and Erb intentionally gave them a peppering-. It was 

 the intention to shoot at tame birds: but the party woo was to 

 have secured the birds, failed to do it. iliough then 1 were hun- 

 dreds caught; and easily hi be had; and v Id oni rei I] od 



They were not HgOodlOt. Erb miss, u Sevffl ' J ll -I bin IS, 



and struck several of tbem hard wiih both barrels— the feathers 

 flying at each slioi— but he misusing miserably poor powder, and 

 early in the shoot Bognrdus told him that be WftS bes 

 Old man Erb. as he cleaned the gnu after each lot, . i, 



o be beaten for using such powder. 

 the remit, the match was close, and the shooting good. AT .is 

 Close, Erb told Bogardus he wanted some more ol it, ani : 



doubt I 00 ti II will be ari-angob oop 3ft( ! 



which was divided between the contestants, pays them haiul- 



Romelj for their trouble. Xotwit bstaini h i| n lift) 



1 cousider Erb the better shot ; but he does not stand the excite- 

 ment of the crowd as well as the old champion. 1 predict that 

 Bogardus will lower his colors to him within a year. The 



