Mat 30, 1880.] 



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may be expected among the Irish riflemen, our represent- 

 atives may be pretty certain of meeting a squad of the 

 best individual shots of Ireland. The visit is attracting 

 attention in England as well, and the Volunteer Service 

 Gazette, the best authority on matters connected with 

 the rifle in the Kingdom, has the following very sensible 

 suggestions about a struggle at Wimbledon after the 

 Irish match has been won or lost. It may be well to pre- 

 mise, before quoting the words of our esteemed contem- 

 porary, that the American Team go from these shores to 

 shoot a match with Ireland, and that upon the comple- 

 tion of that match the team will be disbanded by Col. 

 Bodine, its Captain. All of its members will no doubt 

 run down to London and be present at the Wimbledon 

 meeting in July. Whether they will organize as a team 

 of American gentlemen and shoot an unofficial contest 

 is a matter in their own hands, and no doubt they will 

 be more than willing to do so, and then the kindly sug- 

 gestions of the Gazette may be put into practical form. 

 The authority above mentioned says in the issue of 

 May 1st:— 



" It will bo five years next July since a team of small- 

 bore riflemen from the United States, after giving a no less 

 amous Irish team a sound beating on the latter's own 

 ground came to "Wimbledon for the first and only time, 

 The American gentlemen were, of course, most welcome, 

 and made themselves eminently popular during their short 

 stay among us. But it cannot be denied that they did 

 not find what they might fairly have expected to find, 

 whether they chose or not to avail themselves of them — 

 viz. , facilities for pitting themselves, as a team, against 

 a first-rate British or United Kingdom team. The fact 

 was, as we remarked at the time, that everybody thought 

 that somebody else would take the mutter "in hand, and 

 that ultimately there were no arrangements made at all 

 for making a match which would have been worthy of 

 our visitors and of ourselves. When the Americans did 

 come, indeed, or were just coming, all sorts of plans 

 were proposed in haste, for there was assuredly no want 

 of good will. But noneofthe.se proved feasible, and 

 in the end the visitors went away — having shown us, 

 indeed, what admirable shots they were individually, but 

 without our having had the opportunity of seeing them 

 to the greatest advantage — viz. , when working together 

 as a team. 



" A letter of Major Leech informs us that a team of the 

 long-ranee riflemen of the United States is expected to 

 land in Ireland next month, there to shoot a match with 

 an Irish team under the Major's captainship. The latter 

 has already taken steps to organize a body of his coun- 

 trymen who will be worthy of their opponents ; and. we 

 quite agree in thinking that the name of Major Leech is 

 a sufficient guarantee that all the arrangements will be 

 successfully carried out, and that an opportunity is given 

 to L'eland of showing that gratit tide which she undoubt- 

 edly feels sincerely and widely. We may be quite sure 

 that for many reasons the American team will, have, as 

 they have had before, a most enthusiastic welcome from 

 their Irish friends, and the fairest of Melds wherein to 

 gain a victory or sustain a defeat. The visit will un- 

 doubtedly be a very pleasant one to the hosts, and we 

 may hope that it will be no less pleasant to the guests. 

 But our business on this side of the Channel is to endeavor 

 at once to induce the American riflemen to give us, after 

 their Irish visit, a turn at Wimbledon in July. And we 

 cannot, we say frankly, hope to do this unless the Coun- 

 cil of the National Rifle Association take the matter at 

 once in hand, and make arrangements for a match at 

 long ranges between the Americans and the very best 

 team we can get together here. It is of course not 

 certain that an invitation to such a match at Wimbledon 

 would be accepted ; but it certainly ought to be given, 

 and war mly pressed upon, Judge Gildersleeve and his 

 countrymen. Such a match should, if iiosible, not be a 

 mere replica of the Elclio competition or of the Irish 

 match. And it seems to us that we cannot ask the 

 Americans to compete at the Meeting of the National 

 Rifle Association of the United Kingdom except against 

 a team composed of the very beBt men that can be got 

 together from the parts of the Kingdom, whether they hap- 

 pen to be Englishmen, Irishmen, or Scotchmen. The de- 

 tails of the invitation or challenge may well be left for 

 further consideration ; but the general composition of 

 our team is not, we submit, a matter of detail at all. 

 The Council of the National Rifle Association have al- 

 ways asserted that they represont nut England, or Ire- 

 land, or Scotland alone, but the wncle Kingdom, and 

 they cannot, either consistently or with due respect for 

 the undoubted prowess of the visitors, ask them to fight 

 against any but the very best opponents which the whole 

 of the United Kingdom can show. A challenge to such 

 a contest agaiust such opponents would, we are sure, be 

 readily accepted if it should be at all consistent with the 

 previous arrangements of the American team. Certainly 

 it ought to be prolfered at the earliest possible moment; 

 and no pains should be spared to make the match one 

 of the most important events of the Wimbledon Meet- 

 ing of 1880. 



"We do feel, we must say, and have always felt, that the 

 American team, no doubt, as we have pointed out above, 

 from unavoidable causes, were not treated in 1875 quite 

 as they ought to have been treated, They saw that there 

 were difficulties, and showed the most genial courtesy in 

 accepting our excuses. This year we have an excellent 

 opportunity of making amonds for what unfortunately 

 happened in 1875. We are quite sure that this opportu- 

 nity will not be lost, and that we shall show the Ameri- 

 can tea en at Wimbledon next July, that though we can- 

 not hope to vie with the splendid hospitality with which 

 they invariably receive our riflemen on their own shores, 

 we can at least give them a hearty welcome, and can 

 muster opponents who will be not unworthy of their 

 steel," 



—We have received from the San I<rancisco Bulletin Co. 

 a copy of the handsome chromoof the famous St. Julien. 

 The picture iB an admirable specimen of horse portraiture, 

 It does great credit to the publishers, 



GAME PROTECTION. 



Dr. John P. Okd way.— Boston, May \alh.— Editor 

 Forest and Stream : — In accordance with a vote passed 

 at a meeting of the Massachusetts Fish and Came Pro- 

 tective Association, which was held on the 13th inst., I 

 beg to inclose herewith a copy of the resolutions which 

 were adopted at said meeting on the death of ex-Presi- 

 dent Dr. John P. Ordway. E. S. Tobey, Jr., 



Secretary. 



Resolved, That in the death of Dr. John P. Ordway the 

 society has lost a man of independent thought who al- 

 ways acted in accordance with his conviction and senti- 

 ment of right. 



Resolved, That his manly and outspoken utterances of 

 what In- firmly believed to be for the best interests of 

 man made him a desirable co-worker and a reliable 

 friend. 



Resolved, That his opinions were valuable and influen- 

 tial, being always based upon an intelligent considera- 

 tion of the subject upon which they were, expressed. 



Resolved, That this Association regards him with grate- 

 ful memory as the founder of the principles upon which 

 this organization is based, and in no small degree do we 

 regard his indefatigable labor as the cause of our pros- 

 perity and success. 



Resolved, That a photograph or other likeness of Dr. 

 John P. Ordway be procured and placed upon the walls 

 of the audience room of this Association as a tribute to 

 the memory of the founder of this Association and its 

 first President. 



Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be placed 

 upon the records, and that the Secretary be instructed to 

 forward a copy to the family of our deceased associate. 

 Dan'l Needham, 

 H. H. Knra AT.r. , 



Committee. 



Viritlnia— Richmond, May 13th.— The annual meeting 

 of the Fish and (lame Association was held yesterday 

 evening. The following officers were elected : President, 

 Charles T. Palmer ; Vice-President, Dr. O, A. Crenshaw, 

 Secretary, E. H. Fisher ; Treasurer, John Ott ; Execu- 

 tive Committee, Moses EUyson, Philip Haxall, W. Rus- 

 sell Robinson, A. L. Holladay, and W. G. Miller. A reso- 

 lution was adopted calling on the minor organization to 

 contribute to a fund for the purpose of spreading a digest 

 of the fish and game laws througnout the Commonwealth. 



[From a Special Correspondent.] 

 OUR WESTERN LETTER. 



that is both full and rapid, and a breakfast that makes 

 one think involuntarily, and without the slightest ex- 

 aggeration, that one is eating at Delmonico's or the 

 Brunswick, and at rather less than the prices at those 

 places. In fact, as to price, the traveler could probably 

 not live much, if any cheaper, if, in a fit of economy, he 

 were to take his long lunch with him. And at all times 

 he has his option between the neat, inviting table, with 

 its delicate French cooking, that is spread before him as 

 he looks over the morning paper, and the regular wayRide 

 eating house (which should shame many of their like in 

 the East), at which a good twenty-five minutes is given 

 thrice daily for obtaining refreshments. 



I find I have unconsciously taken up a good deal of 

 space in adverting to the incidents of getting out to the 

 Rocky Mountains. But the remembrance of the com- 

 forts I had in traveling hither, coming, as I did, by good 

 fortune, over a line with which there was no fault to be 

 found, and for whose excellence of accommodations I 

 was, in my ignorance, unprepared, my lively remem- 

 brance of those comforts, I say, has led me to talk about 

 them in this letter at the expense of other matters. How- 

 ever, I will try to give attention to some other subjects in 

 other communications, which 1 hope to be able to send 

 you. Still, it is not amiss for any one who is going to 

 come out here to try his rifle or rod, to know a good way 

 of getting here ; and to any such I would say that they 

 probably cannot do better than by taking the route I did, 

 which was via. Pennsylvania Central and Pittsburg and 

 Fort Wayne to Chicago, thence by Chicago and North- 

 western to Omaha (or rather Council Bluffs), and thence 

 through by the Union Pacific. Lex. 



Denver, Col., May 4th. 



NOTHING could better illustrate the truth that all 

 things are relative, than for a New Yorker to hear 

 Chicago spoken of as the East, Should he come to Denver 

 that is what he will hear. No New York newspaper finds 

 its way here regularly but the Herald. Chicago papers 

 arrive three days after publication, and, as far as news- 

 dealing is concerned, tbat city is to Denver an eastern out- 

 post. The papers published there are regarded here as the 

 New York dailies are regarded in Western New York. 

 Everything east of Chicago is, so to speak, in the wilds, 

 and the New York news sounds to us here as the Rocky 

 Mountain intelligence strikes the inhabitant of Gotham, 

 It seems very distant and faint. 



The change is rather pleasant than otherwise, and is 

 probably wholesome. It is so complete that the novelty 

 is rather refreshing and invigorating. It is not, in this 

 respect, so very different from a trip to a foreign laud. 

 All tl le elements of distance, change in scenery, differ- 

 ence in town aspects and in manners of the people, are 

 here, insomuch that one is rather startled to hear the 

 people speaking the same English that is heard on the 

 Atlantic coast. The traveler to the West, therefore— to 

 the " far West"— can look for something of the change 

 and diversion that he gets by going to Europe. Nor is 

 the sensation which the man feels when he is about start- 

 ing for these regions altogether different from that which 

 he has on embarking for the old country, There is the 

 same extent of preparation, the same close attention to 

 the provision of proper wraps, and of the hundred little 

 things which have to be thought of for a long journey. 

 There is the same engagement of a berth in advance, and 

 when one gets settled and his hand luggage stowed in 

 the sleeping car section, the frame of mind is strikingly 

 like that which comes when the steamship traveler finds 

 himself first in his stateroom. In fact, the likeness be- 

 tween the Bleeping car and steamship traveling is main- 

 tained throughout the journey. The porter is the steward, 

 and it is only fair to say right here that aa an attendant 

 he far outdoes the average steward of the sea. Indeed, 

 the African as a servant is seen to about as great an ad- 

 vautage and as near perfection in a Pullman sleeper as 

 anywhere in the world. Here he combines the activity 

 and thoughtfulness and training of the French waiter, 

 the steadiness and intelligence of the American and the 

 inimitably gratifying Bervility and deference of the best 

 of the African domestics. I could not help wondering 

 how so uniformly good a seleotion of servants could have 

 been made, aud I do not yet understand how so rnuoh 

 discipline can be maintained among them, removed as 

 they are from supervision continually during their service. 

 Of course, it is due to the judgment and desire to please 

 and attention to business of the managers, but it is sur- 

 prising that there is not a mistake made once in a while. 

 When to the sleeping car we add the hotel car - accommo- 

 dations for traveling, nothing more can be asked for. 

 There is the whitest of linen, waiters of the best, in re- 

 ligiously clean, white jackets, attention to your wants 



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MAY IS A CLOSE MONTH FOR GAME. 



GAME AND FISH DIRECTORY. 



In sending reports for the Forest and Stream Directory to 

 Game and Fish Resorts, our correspondents are requested to give 

 the following particulars, with such other information as they 

 may deem of valuo : State, Town, County ; means of access ; Hotel 

 and other accommodations: Game audits Season : Fish and Its Sea- 

 son; Boats, Guides, etc.; Name of person t 



— Address all communications to 

 Publishing Company, New York." 



1 forest and Stream 



ANOTHER CAMP BED. 



FROM four years' experience of actual life in camp, 

 through summer heat and winter cold, in fields, 

 swamp and forest, I know there can be no real labor ac- 

 complished, or enjoyment had, without a good night's 

 rest. I will, therefore, for the benefit of my fellow 

 sportsmen, describe a bed that never failed me, one that 

 nightly contributed to my physical strength and comfort, 

 thereby strewing my pillow with pleasant dreams of 

 peace, home and absent wife and child ; a camp bed that 

 to this day holds a place in my memory that time can 

 never erase. First, a full-widtb gun blanket ; second, a 

 mattress made after the pattern of a comfort ; material — > 

 bed -ticking and cotton batting ; length to suit the person ; 

 width, 26 inches. The batting to be spread over one-half 

 of the ticking to the thickness of two inches, then cover 

 it with the other half of the ticking, sewing up sides and 

 ends, and tacking through and through with twine in 

 four inch squares. This ~ mattress is to be laid on the 

 right hand side of the gun blanket. Third, a gum pillow, 

 that can be expanded or emptied at pleasure. Fourth, a 

 heavy gray blanket, army pattern. This is spread on the 

 mattress, and the left hand half of the gun blanket. Now 

 you may undress, if you wish, Me down, covering first 

 with the woolen, then with the gun blanket, tucking the 

 latter under the mattress. Let it cover your head if it 

 rains, and, my word for it, you will enjoy a sweet, re- 

 freshing slumber. If you have no tent or shelter, and it 

 threatens rain or snow, take your knife and cut a small 

 ditch two inches deep, V-shaped, round the edges of the 

 mattress, giving it a free descent. With these precau- 

 tions you have nothing to fear ; you will be warm and 

 dry, and the sleep will be the sweeter, lulled to rest by 

 the paltering rain. 



When you rise, spread the blankets as they were while 

 you slept, empty your pillow, and roll close and tight 

 from the head, and at the foot you will find the two 

 leather straps ready to bind the bundle, which will be 

 compact, convenient for transportation under your arm 

 or behind your saddle, ready for use on any kind of 

 ground at the end of a day's march or sport. 



Cape Girardeau, Mo. Cape Rock. 



• 



Vermont— Serrisburg, May 8th— There is no spring 

 shooting worth reporting here. There should be no 

 spring iliick Bhopting in our waters, for it never amounts 

 to much, and drives away wood and dusky ducks that 

 would otherwise breed here. It is strange that we have 

 no spring snipe. I never saw half a dozen here in one 

 Bpring ; yet in favorable falls our marshes are sometimes 

 swarming withtbem. Awahoose. 



Massachusetts— Dana, May Hth.— Mr. William B. 

 Lincoln recently caught in a trap an eagle which meas- 

 ured six feet and eleven inches from tip to tip of wings, 



Catskilij Mountain Bear Hunting — Philadelphia, 

 May Uth. — I have read or heard that there were a large 

 number of bears in the Catskills this season. Can you 

 give any informal ion on the subject as to the probability 

 of ''bar" being insufficient numbers to be found, and 

 where to put up, etc. C. D. 



There are bears in the Catskills. We have seen them 

 there, but we know of no spot where a man would be 

 sureof finding them. Possibly our correspondent may 

 secure the desired information by writing to Mr. Sohutt, 

 at the Oauterskill Falls. Address Catskill, N, Y. 



