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[Jxrm 17, 1880. 



read them. And we also love to hear the old soldier fight 



his battle- !-: i.' i'liil recite his adventures on (lie 



field of Mars. We sympathize wife Sficn u ith a fetfling 

 akin -to a common brotherhood, and if distance is magrji- 

 fied a little and an almost incredible number of the 

 Wildest sort of snipe brought down — with one barrel — wo 

 can find interest and instruction in the story. 



C. E. C. 



Eockpoed, 111., June 10th. 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



I have just been reading in your last issue of some of 

 the remarkable double shots made, and am reminded of 

 one made by a novice who accompanied a party of 

 Sportsmen to Iowa a few years ago on a chicken bunt. 



The father of the young man came to us just before we 

 were ready to start and said if his son Charley would not 

 interfere wicli our pleasure he would like him to go with 

 us. as he thought the trip would do him good. 

 : The first day out— after reaching our destination— we 

 were riding over the prairie and saw a large flock of geese 

 arise from a pond and settle on the ground about one- 

 half a mile to our left. We began to lay plans to capture 



one 01 

 clump 



to the 

 The 

 up his 

 the ws 

 two fii 

 Charley 



of tht 

 ide of tht 



We stationed ourselves around in 

 and sent the driver with til 



ad passed over the novice and he drew 



,i i" that we had been making sport of all 



jut. and let. drive into the geese, bringing down 



ones. We gathered the game and then asked 



.... vhy he did not let the other barrel loose at them. 



He said he forgot that he had a double barrelled gun. 



I believe it was the first game he had ever killed on the 

 wing, The geese weighed respectively fifteen and twelve 



pounds. A pr 

 sent the li 



iidei 



bird to 1) 



nan has 

 l father the 



rever been seen. He 

 st morning as a 



trophy of his skill. I don't remember that Charley killed 



anything else during 

 we dared to criticise h 

 sponded : " I got tho! 



week's sojourn in Iowa, but if 



in for a poor shot he always r 

 3 two geese, just the same." 



Nim Rod, 



THE ALLEGED DITTMAR POWDER ACCIDENT. 



New York, June 11th, 

 Editor Forest and Stream :— 



We noticed the letter of Mr. S. P. Nash, which you 

 published in your issue of yesterday, but do not at pre- 

 sent propose to make any comments thereupon, no mat- 

 ter what our private opinions and suspicions may be, 

 reserving all -we have to say until we receive from you 

 such proofs as you undoubtedly have in your possession 

 of the correctness of the statement which you have 

 published, apparently so unhesitatingly, convicting us, 

 star-chamber like, without a hearing, and publishing that 

 conviction to the world. 



While we place the act in this strong light, we are 

 willing to admit that there may be defense on your part 

 by reason of explanations, and our sense of justice im- 

 pels u.s, first, to ask from you the proofs of the allegations 

 before concluding that you either carelessly or willfully 

 misrepresented us and our speciality. If you have not 

 already done so, to satisfy yourself of the truth of the 

 allegations before publication, we wish that you would 

 learn the name of the Louisville merchant from whom 

 Mr. Nash obtained the powder, and also the name of the 

 party in New York from whom the Louisville party 

 obtained the powder. We would further request you to 

 have the original canister containing the rest "of the 

 powder from which the charge was taken, which caused 

 the accident, sent to you, together with the small 

 circular which accompanied the same, and find out 

 whether the canister was sealed or not. 



The production of this evidence is simple justice to us, 

 as we have no doubt, you will admit. And without thisi 

 evidence we think you will also admit that there is no 

 case made out against ns, and until this is produced we 

 most emphatically declare our disbelief in it ever having 

 been manufactured by us, or of the possibilities of such 

 results coming from so small a charge of any powder in 

 the world, unless made to specially produce similar re- 

 sults. We shall spare neither time nor expense to ferret 

 this matter out to the bottom and sincerely trust we shall 

 have your hearty cooperation. 



Mr. Nash states that no directions for the use of the 

 powder were on the canister. We can furnish you a 

 dozen affidavits that not a. single grain of powder was 

 ever put up or sold by our company which was not 

 sealed and did not show our printed directions on each 

 can or keg. Besides this, our printed circular and loose 

 directions accompany each canister.and we herewith send 

 you a can for inspection. 



THE DlTT31\R POWDEB MANUFACTURING COMPANY. 



We shall give the Dittmar Powder Company all possi- 

 ble, aid in arriving at satisfactory conclusions in this 

 matter, and to disprove,if possible, the statements in our 

 columns last week. 



LoNfl Island Sportsmen's Association.— The Long 

 Island Sportsmen's Association met at its rooms, 449 

 Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn, last Friday evening, Presi- 

 dent George R. Chapped in the chair : Secretary, Abel 

 Crook, Esq. The meeting was a large one, and 1 

 marked by much enthusiasm. The reports of the Seneca 

 Falls delegates were received ; the Washington G 

 Club was admitted to the Association, and other busim 

 transacted, Mr. Crook, whose new duties as Preside 

 of the State Association will necessarily take up much of 

 Bis time, tendered bis resignation as Secretary, but the 

 Association refused to accept it. Several matters pertain- 

 ing to game protection wi^ve then brought up, and the 

 following resolution was adopted :— 



Resolved, That there be a standing committee of this 

 Association, composed of the Presidents of the various 

 clubs, to be called the Committee on Fish and Game, to 

 report to the Association on questions connected with 

 the protection and propagation of lish and game through- 

 out I. tie State-, ;n li . i Long Island. 



New Jekhey Tournament.— The New Jersey State 

 Sportsmen's Association tournament, will be held at 



Newark, under the auspices of the Essex Gnu Club, June 

 29th, to July 3d, inclusive. 



FORESTER Ci.ci;, of Newark. — A now sportsmen's club 

 has been formed at Newark, N. J., with the following 

 officers:— President, R. H. Bremtnall: first Vice Presi- 

 dent, F. S. Harrison ; second Vice President, Jacob Pentz; 

 Treasurer, Dr. Pin dell: Secretary, W, R. Hobart. Among 

 the members elected were the following: R. Heiniscb, 

 J. Von Lengerke, H. Felten, A. W. B. Crane, Bishop 

 Freeman, I. Illingworth, J. J. Burnett, Will Hayes, W. 

 R. Williams, J. R. Burnett, S. G. Williams and P. P. 

 Williams. 



The club starts with a good platform, and promises to 

 actively engage in the much needed work of seeing that 

 the game laws are enforced. 



TENNESSEE— Mishvtlle, June ith.— Squirrels are very 

 abundant this season. A gentleman killed sixteen with a 

 ,22 caliber Remington yesterday, within a few miles of 

 this city. He also bagged three female "coons." All 

 other field sports are now stopped until August, when 

 the air will resound with the crack of the gun after 

 doves. Instead of having a prejudice against killing them 

 out here, they are considered a delicacy, and by many 

 preferred to the quail. 



Illinois — Savanna, June 3d. — Shooting has been poor 

 here this spring, until late in April, when ducks and snipe 

 were plenty for a few days. The prospect for chickens 



id woodcock is good. ' S. 



A Hint to Grizzly Bear Hunters.— Rochester, N. I 7 ., 

 June 5th. — Nearly every hunter of large or dangerous 

 game has, I suppose, at some time or other saved his life 

 by getting up a tree out of reach of a wounded animal ; 

 others have perished because they could not climb quick 

 enough. I suggest that where there is a possibility of 

 one being forced to seek a tree for safety, the hunter or 

 sportsman should provide himself with quickly-attacha- 

 ble climbers. E. R. 



This novel suggestion reminds us of a passage in that 

 extraordinary book of alleged " Sporting Adventures in 

 the Far West," in which, among other amusing state- 

 ments, urged with all gravity, is one to the effect that a 

 hunter should provide himself with a lariat, which "is 

 exceeding usefid for swinging at once out of the reach of 

 an angry bear." 



Auxiliary Rifle Barrels. — Hunisville, Ala., May 

 Zlst. — Editor Forest and Stream :— A notice in your val- 

 uable paper some months since in regard to Shelton's 

 auxiliary rifle barrel attracted my attention, and induced 

 me to procure one. Allow me to thank you for the 

 means which that notice afforded of obtaining what I 

 consider, together with the breech-loader, the most com- 

 plete outfit with which a hunter was ever equipped. The 

 auxiliary rifle barrel is destined to take position in the 

 front rank of inventions and second only to the 

 breech-loader. Mr. Shelton may congratulate himself 

 upon his success in producing an arm which must neces- 

 sarily supercede all others for game. I have bad no op- 

 portunity of testing it at longer range than one hundred 

 yards, but do not doubt with the folding sight at two 

 hundred yards and further it will compete with the best 

 guns at target practice. The ease with which it can be 

 carried, its light weight, the facility with which it can 

 be adjusted, converting the shot gun to ride, and vice 

 versa, its great accuracy and penetration, recommend it 

 to every true sportsman. A. White. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



Tohonto Gun GLtffi.— Toronto, Can., June 5Mi.— Match at 21 

 yards, 100 yards boundary ; weataer bad, raining all day :— 



H. Millar 1 011111111- a 



W. Kennedy 1 11111110 1—8 



K.Wilson 1 I 110 111 1—8 



E. Ferryman 1 11111110 1—9 



B.Moore -- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 9 



J.ManRhan 1 11111111 1-10 



J. Barret 1 11110010 1—7 



T.Taylor - 11111110 1 1- B 



W.Taylor 1 11110111 1—9 



R.Morrlsou 1 1111 1 J I 1-9 



T.Barry 1 10 111 10 I) 1- V 



W.Thomas. lillllll 1-8 



J. Jam.M 1 113 1111 1-9 



R.H. Defries 111110 10 1—7 



B.Pearaal 11111110 11-1 



S. Staneland 1 1 J 1 1 1 1—7 



Chatii am m Windsor.— Soore made by Chatham and Windsor, 

 Canada, sportsmen, at the latter place on Queen's birthday :— 



WINDSOR. 



T>. G. Hevell 



G. (lanthter 



W. Donuldson 



.1. Cornish 



r. winti re 



JOS. Marontette 



&. Wagner 



CHATHAM. 



.I.Pike 



H. O'Hurn 



R. Mercer 



Nelson 







Trliteo 



Atkinson 



. Me i 





. , 



D. Ganthii- 



P. 0. t'auting 



J. Marentette 7 



.las. Purser fi 



Total oo Total 



Manchester, K. H., .hint: —.—Regular shoot of the Manchester 

 Shooting- Club, 10 balls each round; Card's rotary trap; 18 yards 

 rise. The attendance was the largest assembled since Fast-day 

 and the practice was the most interesting and by far the best gen- 

 eral average that has been shown this season. The 

 sport wound up with a shoot between chosen sides that was close 

 and exciting, the winning side only defeating its opponents by a 

 single ball :— 



Single. bmihle. Total. 



B.F.Clark 7 6 l „. 



Re-entry 6 8 I 3 * 



H. P. young ...3 8 7 18 



7 8 4 ltl 



B. Durgin 7 9 



mer li 5 



3 1 



L. K. Mead 10 (I 



Re-entry li B 



■i.i ■ i ■ ■; ■ u :; g 



He-entry 2 



M. Wadlelgh m 8 i 



/..F. Campbell 2 



fi. E. Morrill . K 7 l 



■ ■ .i py ... i; , 



F. .1. llrako. 7 g n 



1 '. Cri'.-l.-j- 1 « 



X. A. Robinson.... 7 7 



Dr. MoeDomild s •> 



P-8.X igein "'»■ 3 11 



I. A . Moore , g ^ 



C.J. Darrah .... 5 , 



Ke-entry .0 7 1 



V 



Shooting by teams:— 

 Ira A. Moore, Capt. 



I. A. Moore 



II. Young 



B.P.Clark 



!■ gin 



F.J. Drake 



/,. P. Campbell 



C. 1 



. Fan 



Mpses Wadleigh, rapt. 



M. Wadlelgh , .: .... 



0. J. Darrah 



L.K. Mead 



C. French 



G. B. Morrill . . 



O.G ■■(■■■■lio- 



■ v 



P. S. Wiggin 



Dr. MacDOhald 



Total 57 Total 58 



Mineb Rod and Gun Club— A lively contest for the beautiful 

 Aery badge took place at the club grounds, Springfield, L. I., 

 June 10th. Mr. James T. Davis succeeded in carrying it off, but 

 had it not been for a few phenomenal twisters, who carried 

 nearly ithe full charge out of boundary, and fell dead out of 

 bounds, Judge John A. Dlnkel would have been tho champion of 

 the day :— 



__er 1110 110 11 0-7 



Wood 1 1110 10 10 1-7 



Englert 1 110 110 11-7 



Windholz 10001011 0—4 



Yoskamp 1110 ' 



In- 



_ 1 1— fl 

 111111110-9 

 011011111-8 

 111101011-8 



Dinkel 



Hoffman 



Steers 



Tie shot off, first miss out :— 

 Judge Dinkel... 1111 0— l|Mr.Davis 11111-5 



.:' ■mo ■ o ..I'.cr.r - ins .. I . . i, ■ , . ■' , i :, .- , , 



members, in which Mr. Ira Paine and Mr. Berrian took a hand. 



Dburt vs. LurHEK.— Syracuse, N. Y., June ith.— Pigeon match 

 shot this afternoon on the shore of Onondaga Lake, botweon Mr. 

 Harry Drury and Geo. Luther, under tae Americanized rules, 

 five ground traps, five yards apart, thirty yards rise, eighty yards 

 boundary. The birds were selected from the lot furnished tho 

 State tournament at Seneca Falls. The score of Mr. Drury is a 

 remarkable one, from the fact that he had never shot under those 

 rules before, nor seen them shot. He astonished the old veterans 

 in the way he dropped his birds. Your shots about the eastern 

 end of the Empire State will have to keep at. work, or else this 

 Syracuse boy will carry off the honors on the Island next spring. 

 Mr. Drury shot a J. A. Nichols gun, while Mr. Luther used a D. 

 M. Let ever hammerless, and he made some remarkable long dis- 

 tance shots with it. Mr. Ed. Hudson, the winner of your badge 

 for thebest average at the late State tournament, starts for the 

 Ohio State shoot on Monday next ; Mr. Luther also goes with 

 him— both may drift into the Iowa convention beforo returning 

 home. Hudson has been doing some good work for the past year. 



at the trap. He says ho n 



r shot hotter than at present. 



1 1 1 01 0*0 1 CI 00-8 



1 01 1 1 01 1 I 01-10 



01 1 1 1 1 1 01 1-10 



00 1 1 1 10 1 1 01— 9 



01 1 1 1 1 01 01 1-10 



Total 47 



1 1 01— 7 



1 1 1-9 



00 1 1»0— 6 



. 10 01 1-10 



1 0*0 1 1— 9 



1 01 1 00 01 i o*o 



01 



1 



Total - 41 



I). H. 



Recreation Gun Club.— Bergen Point, N. J., June Stft.— The 

 second of the series of seven matches by the Recreation G tin Club, 

 of Bergen rolnt, for first and second gold medals. The first goes 

 to the winner of the greatest, number of matches; the second 

 goes to the one who breaks the greatest number of glass balls 

 during tho series, aside from the winner of tho first medal. Mole 

 revolving trap, 15 glass balls, 18 yards rise, club rules :— 



Moore 8 1 Voorhees 5 



C.H.Davis :... 6 S. L. Davis 1 



Wtlmording 5| 



Moore took first medal ; C. H. Davis Becond. 



" Tim. Berdoodlb." 



Newark, W. J., June mil.— Pigeon match at Orange Gun Club 

 Grounds, Nowark, N. J. ; Hurlingham rules, 2S yards rise :— 



S.L.Morrison 1 lillllll 0*-9 



H. Folsom 1110 11110 1-8 



C. Heckscher 1 0*0*1 1 1 0*0 0+— 4 



Capital City Gun Ceub.— Washington, D. C, June V.th— The 

 seventh regular match for two gold medals, shot to-day, resulted 

 in the winningof the first medal by Mr. McLeod and the second 

 by Mr. Woodbury. The afternoon being very dark and cloudy, 

 and the Paine glass balls being so much the color of the grass on 

 the hillside, which forms a background for the shooting.it was 

 very difficult to see the balls, consequently all the scores are 

 lower than usual. Curd's roiary trap, handicap rise, 20 balls 

 each. McLeod 32 yards ; others 20 yards :— 



E. M. McLeod 111111111111111101 11-19 



Levi Woodbury Ill 1111111111111101 0-18 



\Y. B.McKelden..... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0-17 



T.E.King 11111111110 1111110 111 



P. F. Nagle 1 1 1 1 ] 1 11 1 1 1 1 1 10 1-15 



W. W. Eldridge 1 I) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0-14 



W. W. K. 



Rome, GVi.— Our two gun clubs had a friondiy match at glass 

 balls 011 the 10th inst. Shooting was done over a Card trap, 

 screened; 18 yards. The fallowing Is the score :— 



R. I. Hampton -01111 1 1 111 01111111111110 



AlbiiiOuiberg-1 01100101111111111111111111 



1 1—85. 



W. M. Gammon— 0100110111011101111111111 



1 " 1-31. 



0. L. Oniberg-0 111)01 01110110111001011101 



° S. J W 8 Wright-l 1 10 10101111111111011101001 

 1 1 0—23 



T. W. 1 1. lbirris-0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 (I I 

 1111-20. Total 130. 



TALKF.HK. 



M. M. Pepper-1 1111111011011100 0110000111 

 1 JmxM. Bowie-l 01101111111001111111101100 

 1 W.lvL'Towers-1 00000011101011111011110000 

 ° C^w'smith-O 100000011100101111110100101 

 ° Sam.'Veal-l 0111111101110110111110111111 



^JLR. Sulbvan-1 111010110111111111110001 11 



111 'ji. Total 122. HAL. RAQUET. 



Quincv, III., Time 11th.— Score made yesterday by a few of the 

 members of the Quinoy Shooting Club on their grounds at Sin- 

 gleton Park, at their regular monthly shoot for gol I 

 pigeons each; 31 yards riso; K0 yards boundary; Illinois Stub 

 rules :— 



W.B.Hauworth 111111111 1-10 



1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-8 



W. II. f.erioire I 11 I 1 I I 1} n 1 1- 7 



Wm. Moakes 1 1 J I 1 I I I 8 



Geo. Wheolrr 1 lillllll 0-9 



T. D. Woodruff lillllll I- 9 



J. B. Criiiteudon 1 110 11111-8 



J. Miller 1111111011-1 



W. B. Hauworth won the gold medal. 



Pointer. 



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