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FOREST AND STREAM. 



[July 8, 1880. 



thorn over and release next spring. They are now quite 

 tame, do not try to fir, and two or three will allow them- 

 selves to be caught at any time. Am afraid the season 

 is too far advanced for young quail to mature sufficiently 

 to stand the fatigue of a southern flight, hut hope for the 

 best. All who saw the birds admired their sprightly 

 and were amazed to learn that they had been 

 caged "long. They were so active and ia fluch perfect 

 condition that it did not seem possible they had been 

 caged more than two or three days. I liberated most of 

 thorn in lots of ten and twelve birds, and in places about 

 three miles apart. A few have been seen since they were 

 liberated, I will report their future movements if any- 

 thing of interest is observed, Geo. O. Goodhue. 



,:— A 



English Pheasants.— Editor Forest and St 

 few weeks ago I imported one hundred phea 

 from Em-land, and set them under domestic 1. 

 venture lias so far been successful, as there are 

 or fifteen out already and more expected. Tin 

 are very healthy, and as my heart keeper, Thurtle, has 

 had experience in raising pheasants in England, tin 

 every reason to believe that I will succeed in fearing 

 them. 1 will report progress from time to time. 



A. E. G SOTW! 



%m\\t §xg mid 



JULY IS A CLOS1S MONTH FOB GAMK. 



— Address all communications to " Forest and Stream 

 Publishing Company, New York." 



Tub ''Blood-Snuffers' Corner." — The suggestion 

 that a corner should be set apart in the F ; l i 

 Stream for the blood hunters appears to take. Here is a 

 note from Georgia, in which the writer, speaking of Mr. 

 Van Dyke, says :— 



He does not write much of fish, but he is an angler for 

 all that. He is more. He is a humane, cultured gentle- 

 man. He completely " snuffs" out a certain class of 

 sportrnenwhen he suggests that they be allotted a certain 

 space to be called the "Blood-Snuffers' Coiner." 



"More power to your elbow," Brother Van Dyke, and 

 most cheerfully would I walk fifty miles to shake hands 

 with you. Too many men, because they own a sporting 

 rifle and a shot gun, claim to be sportsmen. Let such 

 men read the " Iiscreationa of Christopher North" and 

 hang their heads for shame when they see how a scholar 

 and a gentleman could space God's creatures when he bad 

 enough for his own use. To kill deer and to catch fish 

 simply to boast of it is a mean and a cowardly thing. 

 Kill deer, my brother; catch fish if you can; but leave 

 it to pot-hunters and low, irresponsible fellows to brag 

 of catching 400 trout in a day or of killing sixty brace of 

 birds in the same time. Yet such men are necessary. 

 Necessary to show the vivid contrast between them arid 

 men o C 1 1'onor and culture. J. W. St. Clair. 



Maine Shooting.— Machias, Me,, June 15M.— We are 

 having a dry season, but vegetation is not suffering. 

 We hope for rain to stop forest fires, which are begin- 

 ning to do mischief. Grouse have had a nice chance, 



' Sson, to rear their young, and will be plenty. 

 Deer are increasing, and, could we have our lawa well 

 enforced, would be plenty. We dislike some of your 

 articles upon the use of hounds for deer, as they are 

 either the emanations of selfish guides or city would-be 

 Sportsmen, You must allow us, who have been resi- 

 dents and have spent, some of us, the larger part of 

 our lives in the forests, to know something of the hab- 

 its of dear. March, or last of February, when the snow 

 is deep and the sun thaws during the day, with a sharp 

 crust in morning, is when the worst class of our out- 

 laws do the most damage. To stop this, we found se- 

 vere measures were required, and a few of us decided 

 to do our best, but found the law slow. Then we hired 

 men, furnished them with the means, and sent them to 

 watch and destroy every cur found upon the ground, 

 and they did their duly. Now, since the. deer have in- 

 creased, and the cause is understood, we, the game pro- 

 tectionists, arc in the majority, and every dog within 

 forty miles, if known to be a deer dog, is doomed. 

 We "are not selfish; but, on the other hand, if sports- 

 men wish to try our woods, we are ready to assist them 

 in obtaining guides at reasonable rates. ' In short, will 



treat them as brothers ; but they i 

 at home. 



ust lea, 



e their hounds 

 S. B. H. 



New Jersey Quail Shooting.— Tom's River, N. J., 

 JuneVUli. — As there have been numerous art!r I , 

 in the papers relative to the wood fires that have occurred 



ig, that the 

 been tor a 



f veil, and 

 Last year 



ctent, "The 



iiatdon kept 



, July 



l apple 



i called 



this spring in tins State, and to the destruct 

 generally, I write to let sportsmen know, wh< 

 visiting New Jersey next fall tor quail shootii 

 pn pecta f >i sport are better than the* have 

 if ye is. The birds have paired of 

 cat ilOW be beard whistling on eve 

 they remained in bevies to" a considerable ex lei 

 increase of game in this section is owing in 

 measure to the strict watch our game associat 

 last winter on parties suspected of trapping ai 

 ing. H. Clav Gl 



A Tame "Woodcock.— North Cambridge. M,i, 

 lfit. — Last evening f was digging worms under 

 tree in my garden for some chickens, and wi 

 away tor a moment. When I came back 1 noticed a bud 

 running about among the chickens. At first sight I took 

 the bird to be a robin, but on looking at it more closely 

 was much surprised to find it was a woodcock (Philohela 

 -minor). The bird was busily engaged in probing the 

 earth for worms, and I saw him pull up several. 1 called 

 my lather to come and see the novel sight of a woodi 

 feeding in a garden in the citv and among some chickens. 

 We both stood not more than fifteen feet di 

 watched him for \i length, having 



much as he wanted, he flew away. Isn't such 

 an occurrence a rare thing? 



I might say that on account ol the long continued 

 drought the ground is very dry, and so I have kept my 

 trees from withering by watering them every night. The 

 earth under the tree was very moist, and I think that the 



woodcock, finding a scarcity of food and seeing a likely 

 looking damp spot, dropped in here. That is the only 

 wav I can account for his presence, as the nearest swamps 

 or woods are more than a mile distant. W. M D. 



Minnesota— St. Paul, June 28<7i.— It is the impression 

 - [lortsruen as I have talked with on the subject, 

 that the remarkable high water of this month will have 

 rendered woodcock shooting on the Mississippi bottom 

 poor, the birds having been driven to seek more favored 

 localities. But as the water will be pretty well down by 

 the time the season opens, July 4th, there" is a prospect of 

 some sport. Prairie chickens are reported unusual !y 

 plenty hereabouts, though it is feared that many young 

 suffered death from the heavy and continued rains of 

 early June. In a ride through a portion of Pierce County, 

 Wis., a few days since, large numbers of quail were seen 

 and heard. The prospect for rare sport there is fine. 



California— Benecia, Solano County, June nth.— We 

 had very fine duck shooting here last winter, although 

 the winter was a very severe one for this State. On the 

 14th of March, the fast day of the season, tny brother 

 and I went out for three or four hours' shooting. Think- 

 ing the season was too far advanced for duck shooting, 

 most all the shells we took were loaded with No. 8 shot. 

 After three and a half hours' shooting, we succeeded in 

 bagging Gve quail, six English snipe, one silver gray fox, 

 and forty- five ducks. As the birds were wild, and the 

 shells were loaded with No. 8 shot, I think we. did very 

 well. The new Constitution of this State has made some 

 wise provisions in regard to the game law. It is unlaw- 

 ful to shoot any kind of duck between the loth of March 

 and the loth of September, thereby putting an end to 

 slaughter of birds that breed here. It is also unlawful 

 to shoot wild doves between the 1st of February and the 

 1st of July. Hitherto they have never been protected, 

 and the various pot hunters shot the birds while they 

 were hatching. By the present indications, the coming 

 winter will be the best we have ever had, and already we 

 are making preparations for the fine time coming. B. 



SHOOTING MATCHES. 



WONDERFUL SHOOTING. 

 THE BEST RECORD EVER MADE, 



BOGARDUS and Rimell met for a second contest In this coun- 

 try at Eugernian's Driving Park, Brighton Beach, Coaej 

 Island, on Friday, July 2d, at 3:30 p.m. The match was between 

 Captain A. H. Bogardus, champion wing shot of tho world, and 

 Mr. George Riniell, one of England's champions, who said after 

 the match was over Mint It made no difference how many he 

 killed, Bogardus would kill more every timo. The match drag lor 

 ' The weather was good and there was a fair attend- 



ance. The birds were wild, in good condition, and very lively 

 dyers, there being- hut one incomer out of 200, Bogardus used his 

 new hammerless Scott gun, with Dittmar powder in the llrst bar- 

 rel and Orange lightning No. (i in second barrel, 11 oz.shot. Rimell 

 used an English gun, with Orange lightning powder, lj oss.Ehot. 

 The shooting was under English ruleB, 5 ground traps, 5 yards 

 apart, Rimell standing at 28 yards and Bogardus at. 30 yards. Itimell 

 did good work and was in excellent condition. Bogardus never 

 did better; he killed all his birds in reality, hut his 47th was justly 

 scored against him, as it fell dead three yards out of hounds, and 

 n gathered and picked seven shot holes were found gohur 

 clean through It. 



The contest consumed three hours time, and the men kept con- 

 stantly at their work. The following is tho official score and sum- 

 mary :— 



Bogardus' score-1 111* 111 l'l* 11111* 11111)1111 

 1 1 1 1 1 1 1* 1 1 1* 1 1 1 1 1* 1 1 1 1* 1* 1* 1* Ot 1 1 1 1 1 1* 1* l l 

 1111111111111111111111111* 11* 111* 11- 111* 

 1M r 1 1 1 11 1 11. Total 100. 



Killed, 90 ; missed, 1. 



* Denotes killed with the second barrel, 

 t Fell dead out of hounds. 



Kiuicll's score— 1 11*011111* 111 0t 11* 010110111+ 

 1 1 I 1 I 1+ 1 )♦ 1 1 1 1 1 1 1* 1 1 1 1 I I 1< I Ml 1 II 1 1 1 I I 

 1111 0+ 1* 1011101 1*1*1* 111111* 11111 1+11111 

 i Ot l l i* l* 1 1 0+. Total, 100; 



* Denotes killed with second barrel. 

 + Fell dead out of bounds. 



RECAPITULATION. 

 Bogardus— Birds shot at, 100. 



Kitl.il. MOscd. 



Drivers 51 61 n 



Quartorers to right. 15 IS 



(Juartevers to left 30 ill 1 



Towerers 8 8 



Incomer 110 



Total 100 99 1 



Rimell— Birds shot at, 100. 



Wvera 63 43 u 



uurterers to right 15 15 



urn tnors to left 31 30 1 



110 



Total 100 88^ 13 



Referee— Peter Kelly, of the Fountain Gun Club, Brooklyn. 

 Official Scorer— L. G. fieed. 



NEW JERSEY STATE TOURNAMENT. 



rHE second day of the tournament of tho Now Jersey State 

 Sportsmen's Association, opened auspiciously with fine 

 eathor and a good attendance Wednesday, June 30th. 

 Shoot No. B.— Open to members of the Association only, 18 yardE 



rise:— 



Dustan 101010)111- 7 



Haight II Oil 01 II 11- 7 



ford .01 11 10 lo 10- li 



Vanderveer 100) 01 ID 10 5 



gays It toil noi- s 



Van [truckle lilt 1(1 Oil 10- 



Castle 10 10 10 11 10 - 6 



Allen 001101 10 10- 6 



Towusoud ... 11 01 11 11 1— 9 

 Von Eengcrke, . lu 11 10 11 u - S 



Tappan 10 10 10 11 11— 7 



Mr. 1'. C. Hyer.of the Miliiarv 

 and won Bret prize, a W. 4 C So 

 style, donated by |[ ... 

 Citj ; value. 5100. On ties f S 

 divided second 



log s 



n 



! at 



Thompson 01 10 10 11 01— fi 



Hunt 11 11 lo II 00- 7 



Cummlngs 10 in loll 11— 7 



Hyor 11 11 11 1111-10 



Warne ,...1001 11 It 00- S 



Brientna.il 11 10 11 11 11— 9 



Dr. Nicholas 11 00 In lilt 1 



.ill I" 1D01 11 10— .1 



Harrison.,.. ooiliu It II 7 



Canuoa to li no it io- c 



Shooting Club, killed all his birds 



Von bei.gcrke, of the Pali- 

 fi broceh-ioadtng gun, made 

 is, 2«i Broadway, New York 

 cere seven contestants, and 



i umbu uuLiiiiir pnwnor, nonarou ov mo i 



y, 2t Parle Place. Now York i m. ■. 



tics ot ti tin re were seven ■ontostanls, Mr. \ mi 

 two pali won thefifth prize, 500 " Chip Wads, ' fl 

 A.B.Kay & Co., Newark, N. J., vain,. , , 



,. j,_ Open to all amateurs; t<n fitivle lords, 

 rise, noth barrels; first barrel nm-i lie tired when the I 

 tho air ; second slcl, tiled anywhere : — 



Dustan 1 1 



Clark 1 



Har 

 Hill 



1* 1 1 1 1*- 



10 10 1—4 



1 1 1 1 1 1 -10 



i i+ i l* i ■• ti - g 



1' 1 0-7 



1 I* 1 1' - 9 



1110 1-8 



1 1 1 V- 8 



1111 1*- 9 

 110 11—9 

 1 1 1 1 1 -10 



_ i i* i* i i — a 



Ford 1 1 1 1*1 1*1 1*1 8— 9 



VonLengerke 111*11 1 1-7 



Worth 1 110 10 1 n 1-0 



Brlentnall 1 1 1 1 1 I 



Dr. Nicholas 1 110 111 



Haney I* 1* 1*0 l I I 



Lyde llliioo 



[fosse 1 1 1 1 11 1 



.111111 

 .1 1 1* 1 1 1 

 ..111000 



..1 1 1*1 J- 1) 



.1 1 1* 1 1 

 .011111 

 .1 1 1*1 1 

 ..111011 



..111111 

 ..1 111 1 1 



-.0 1 1 



■end . 



..1111111 

 .111110 1 

 ..11011 11 



.1111111 



..1*1 1) 10 



..1 1 



1 



1 1 



I III iv. 

 Hi i 



To i __ 

 Demurest 



Jl-vor 



Tappan it j 



Robertson I 1 



Meyer 1 1 



Kinssey 



Crane — 1 u 



Walker ,— 1 1 



Verrington 1 1 1 



' oopbi II.. 1 1 



Blgler 1 I 



on 1 i i 



Brown 1 1 



on ties of 10, five men stepped io ibe score 



1 1 1 1—8 I Towusend 



Hunt 1 111 1-5 It, il.oil- .on 



Tinker 111 1-4 I 



Mr. Hunt, shooting under an assumed nun 

 cash 5100. 



On tics of nine eleven men stepped back to 31 yards:— 



Dustan 1 1111-5 "" 



Hill 1 1111-5 



W.Smith — 



Vandeveer 1 110 0—3 



Haves 1 



Ford 1 1 



Second tie:— 

 Dusbui 



1 1-8 



1 1-8 



1 1 1-9 

 110-7 

 1 — 15 

 1 1 1 -10 

 110- 8 

 n 1 1-8 

 1 1 1 -10 

 1* 1 0-7 

 110-9 



11- 9 



1 1* 1 -10 

 111-9 

 1 1 1 - li 

 111-8 

 1 1-8 

 111-8 



10 — 5 

 11-8 

 1 — 7 



1 1 - I! 



>, won the first prize, 



1 1 1-4 



—2 



Haney 



Hyor 



Tappan 1 1 



Meyer 1 1 



Brown 1 



1-5 



1-5 

 0-3 



1 1 0-3 1 Tappan 1 10 1-8 



..10 11-3 



Mr. Meyer winning tho . . 



gun, donated by Messrs. Sell. 



Chambers street. New York Cit 



md pi 



. . .1 1 11 0-4 



, Daly breech-loading 



mg, Daly & Utiles, 84 and 88 



Ofei;; 



Haight. 1 1 



Dunlap.. 



•alio 



lllll-i 



lei units at ill yards:— 



. 5 1 Itruwcr.. 1111 0-4 



-0 Crane 10 —1 



I 5 i Walker " — o 



— 2 I Yerrington I 1 .1 0* —8 



..1 o -1 Sigler 1 ill 1—6 



...1 -l| 



t. Cannon and Sigler divided the third prize, y.'.r, 

 ttniiir Powder, donated by the Dittmar Powdur 

 e 1.25; $50. 



..0 



...1 1 1 



..1110 — 3 I 



—0 



J Von l.engerke, ot Palisade Gun Club, winning tho fourth 

 prize, one finely fiuished solo leathet gun ease, value $30. 



Ties of sir:— 



Webb 1 1 1 1 1-5 ! Hesse 10 11-3 



Worth 1 1 1 1 1-5 I Kingley -0 



Second tie: — 

 Webb 1 10 1 1-1 I Worth 1 1110-1 



JIkbsi-s. Webb and Worth divided I lie ti It h prize, cash $15. 



Shoot So. 5.— Thursday, July let. For the Stale .\~u. i,,,i 

 Cup, to be held each year by the wuuung chit, intrust, to he ac- 

 counted for to the Stan ■ Association, lo be shot t"t b\ icon- ol 

 three memhers of any club belonging to the stale Association, 

 said winuingelub to receive the entrance iocs at ifie ucUiumuul 

 contest. Ten single birds, ;.'! j ar,o rise. 



Shoot No 



New Jersey Gun Club :— 



John Pearson 101 1110101-7 



Geo. Wilms 11110UU1-S 



H. Warne 1DJ10LU1-9 



Total 25 



Bacitan Shooting Club:— 



(leu. Wuitt 01)1111111-0 



Kohl. Waitt 10) I1IKI 



S. Lamherson 01DU11111— 9 



Total 22 



Midway BhOOting Club:-- 



F E. Heycr 0110110111-7 



.1. l.ambersou lollulllll-S 



IJ.I1 Haight 1101101111-8 



Total 83 



Jersey City Heights Gun 



Dr. J. B. Burdette-. 101111 1010-7 



Dr F. Cummings UlOi 1 1 a 



W. Hughes 11011UU1-0 



Total 88 



Ties on 28:— 



Essex Gun Club:— 



B. W. Brlentnall 1 11-3 



W.Hayee om-i 



Dr. fiudeU 111-3 



.. _ -in Club :- 

 11. H. Brlentnall. .1111111111- 10 

 W. Hayes 1)111 U» 11 — 9 



Dr. Pcmlell HolilOllO- 7 



Total 20 



Forester Club;— 



T. S. Harrison ooifliooil-ti 



W.K.Hohart llllllllio-'.i 



Koberteon . llljliillll-'j 



Total 24 



Palisade (.1 mi Club:— 

 .1. Von la ngorke .1111100111-8 

 II. Von I.engcrkc. 1111111111-10 



Ed. coiims comnm- » 



Total , .20 



Palisade Gun Club. - 



J. Von Lciigcrkc 111-3 



11. Von Leugerkc 101—2 



Ed. Collins 0*0*1 



Total 



The E-sex 

 winning the 



7 ] Total . 



lun Club winning the cup. 



New Jersey Gun Club 



York, value SSI 

 four kegs of g 

 Dupont & Co., 

 S/iutit No. 6.- 

 56 entries:— 

 Harrison 



Hughes 



Talbot 



Cummings... 



Robertson . .. 

 Warne 



Pearson; 



Tappan 



Muudy ... 



Dusenberry. 



Town send... 



U rower 



rest 



li yards rise, 



...1101111110-8 I Hyer 1111111110-9 



. lliJliiOlo.ll -i; Ely 00101000)0-3 



...0100010111-5 I Hill llOllillll 11 -7 



..llloiloini-7 1 Von l.engerke.. . . . lloiOHOin- 



...111111011)0-7 Castle Inoll 1 llnl-7 



....1101011)10-7 1 Feancrs loilOHill s 



...lI10Hllll-ti| Nio m . IHIJOtJlOlO-., 



. ..0111010101-0 Brientuall .1111101110 



1 1 ■ 1 1 'in ; "on 1111111111-10 



....1H11H100- 8 I ford llloloml I- , 



...110111)101 h c. Warne UOUlODUO S 



1101 - Sanders I 1 



5 , Do Kongo U00100111 6 



. . . .0100101)1 10—4 i .1 aekson, 1O01I 1 1 1 10-7 



....llii.ilutolll-ti I Wilms 00 



....luilllloid - ; | lnudttt 10 



. ...111)101001 ■: r , ■ : . I , 

 lltlHOill ' HOI 



OlUOllllO— 7 1 Frcche... 



Ill I- 110 -fl| Horsmuu 001 til -5 



ominiejini ■ t it,,-, t ■. molioiio- 7 



iillllill-lo 



. .0101110111-7 I Variau 



J I Heath 



....1101111111-0 1 1-1. Von Leimorke. 

 ...10UU1111-9 Hayos 



...millllll-inl Walker 



,., OlUlOHli 



