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The above methods ol' loading, with the use of fine shot 
as a rule, will give satisfaction in hunting game, all the 
fine theories of target shooters to the contrary notwith¬ 
standing. R. W. H, 
New Hampshire —Centre Harbor. Aug. 8.—Have had 
fan- sport during the past week with woodcock. My red 
Irish setter ‘ • Ben ” has worked finely, pointing his birds 
straight and holding them fast. Have bagged 9 out of 
13 birds flushed. Partridges are very plenty, and this 
section must be a paradise for sportsmen during Septem¬ 
ber and October. Have hooked several fine bass in the 
lake, and pickeral abound. I go to the Hampton marshes 
to-morrow for snipe and upland plover. Will acquaint 
you with my success. William W. Johnson. 
Hampton Beach .—Arrived at Boar's Head at 12.15 p.m. 
yesterday; went direct to marshes, and by 3 p.m. had 
bagged a fine bunch of yellow legs and brown backs. 
Prospects are goods for heavy flights, W. W. Johnson, 
New York — Good Ground, August 4.—We have had 
some of the best flights of snipe that I ever saw, and I 
think the good shooting will continue until the middle of 
October. To-day, August 4th, Mr. Dexter and party, of 
Providence, R. I., killed 135 large snipe, among which 
were Considerable numbers of willet. jacks, and sickle 
bills. About the first two parties from my house bagged 
150 large snipe in a half day's shooting. I notice a great 
many young birds among those shot to-day. W. L. 
Monroe County Club. —At a meeting of the Monroe 
County GJIub, of Rochester , August 8th, the reports of the 
various committees showed that the total value of the 
prizes awarded at the late tournament was §2,300 ; the to¬ 
tal number of pigeons procured, was 9,000 and odd, 3,953 
wild and 5,442 tame. They cost §2,274,21. 
A Woodcock Bouquet — Philadelphia. August 8. — 
Editor Forest and Stream .—In its report of the game 
prospects about the Lazaretto, the Evening Star of this 
city remarks: 
“A down-town sportsman who has just returned from a 
gunning expedition in the vicinity of the Lazaretto, re¬ 
ports woodcock scarce. The birds are moulting their 
feathers, and easily elude the dogs, as there is a certain 
single feather which carries the scent, and that one is 
always shed in the process of moulting; hence the dogs 
have no means of scenting the birds. One day’s hunt 
was, however, rewarded by the capture of four of 
the largest sized birds, which the sportsmen declared were 
almost as big as chickens and in prime condition. These 
had not yet begun to moult. The season lasts until the 
first of January next. 
• ‘A few grass or upland plover reached the city yesterday 
from Salem, N. J. These were killed more than a week 
in advance of the season, which begins August 15, and 
lasts till the first of January, The birds are reported very 
scarce, even in their regular haunts, where they are usu¬ 
ally found most numerous.” 
A bouquet formed of a collection of these “certain 
single ” feathers would be something of a curiositv. 
J. W. H. 
SHOOTING MATCHES. 
St. Paul Tournament.—W e have full scores of the St. 
Paul Glass Ball Tournament shot last week, but are obliged 
to defer it until our next issue, on account of its length. 
Shoot Between Corning and Dansville Clubs with 
Card Trap.—New York— Dansville, Aug. 5 .—Editor 
Forest and Stream .’—July 25 the Coining Gun Club and 
Dansville Sportsmen’s Association shot a match at 
Coming, New York, at which time the club tied ; Dans¬ 
ville winning in the shooting off. To-day Coming vis- 
tied Dansville for return shoot. Everything passed off 
very pleasantly', as at Coming, there being no dispute 
at either place during the two matches. It will be seen 
by score below that both clubs did much better shooting, in 
fact making fine scores; Dansville winning by two 
balls:— 
DANSVILLE. 
Townsend.1111111111111111111 0—19 
Slate. .11 0 1 1 0 1 1 J U 1 1 1 I 1 l 1 1 I 0-16 
Crisfleld. ,0111111011110111110 1—19 
Williams. 1111110011111111011 1—17 
Robbins. 0011111111 111111111 1-18 
Sweet.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 o 1 1 1 I 1 (I 1 1 1 1—17 
Hyland.I 1111111111111110 11 1-19 
H.J. Faulkner. 0111111111111111111 1-19 
Jeffreys. . .1011111110111101110 1-10 
AVackiey.0 100111111111010011 1-14 
Total..171 
CORNING. 
Baxter.1 111111111111101111 1-19 
Clare.. ..1 1 1 1 11 1 1 1 1011 111111 0—1& 
Jaynes. 01111110101110 10111 1—15 
Moore.1 011101111110111111 1—17 
Howland.1 111111111001111111 1-18 
Brown . 1001111111110 111011 0-15 
Damp!. 1111110111110011110 1-lfi 
Beals. 1110111111111001111 1-17 
Sinelare. 1111110 10 1110 11110 0 1-lfi 
Miller....0 1 1 1 1 I 1 l I 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1-19 
Total.169 
First Sweepstakes (10 balls) 40-30-20-10 per cents 
Forsvth. 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 111-9 
Baxter.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 W0 
Conklin .1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1-9 
McCartney.1 1110 11111-9 
Sweet. .1 1 111110 11-9 
Townsend.1 101111111—9 
H.J. Faulkner .1 1 I 0 1 1 1 1 I 1-9 
Wackley. 111111111 1—10 
Sinclair. 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1—8 
Beals.0 111111111-9 
W. II. Havens.I 0 0 l 1 0 1 0 0 1-5 
W. C. Havens.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1—3 
Bryant.0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1-8 
Robbins.1 11111 10 11-9 
Moore..0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1—7 
Williams.I 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1—7 
Cogan . 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0—7 
Scnwingrle.0 0 1 0 1 0 I 1 1 1-6 
Ilauipf. 0 1 0 1 1 0 (I 0 wd. 
Hyland.1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0—8 
Jno Faulkner.0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 1-6 
Crisfleld..0 1 1 I 1 1 ft 0 1 1—7 
Miller.I 110 1110 11-8 
Howland.1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1—7 
Dorr.1 11111111 l-io. 
Malder. 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 0 0 1 - 8 
Folts.10 11111111-9 
Ties on ID:— 
Baxter... 11 1—3 I Wackley. 111—3 
Dorr.1 1.0—2 I 
Baxter and Wackley divided first money. 
Ties on 9 : — 
Forsyth, 
.0 
Conklin-- 0 
McCartney.1 0 
Sweet . 11 1—10 
Townseml — ..0 
SeconiFMoney to Beals. 
Ties oil 8:— 
Sinolair . II 
Bryant. 
Moore...0 
Will inns. .1 0 
Cosrun. . 0 
Fourth Money to Crisfleld. 
H. J. Faulkner.1 11—t 1 1- 
1 0 1-0 
Beals.,:....1 11—1 11— 
Robbins.10 
Folts.10 
;pstakes: four priz 
Second Swe 
Forsyth. 
Nichols . 
McCartney . 
Sinclair. 
Miller . 
Wackley. 
Klein . 
Jaynes . 
Crisfleld . 
Brown. 
W. II. llaacus. 
W. C. Havens. 
Bryant . 
Williams . 
Robbins. 
Jeffreys . 
Moore . 
Sehlcy . 
Sweet. 
Schwinale. 
H.J. Faulkner. 
Baxter. 
Townsend . 
Cogan . 
Conklin. r . 
Van Valkenburgh . 
Beuls . 
Damp! . 
State.. . 
Folts . 
Hyland. 
Ties on 10:— 
Miller.... ...10 1—0 
Jeffreys . 110-10 
First prize to Moore. 
Ties on 9:— 
Sinclair.0 
Sweet.. .111—0 
Faulkner . 110 
Second prize to Hyland. 
Ties on 8 
McCartney . 1 0 
Wackley .111-10 1 
Cogan. 0 
Jaynes. .0 
Third prize to Wackley. 
Ties on 7 :— 
s ; 40, 30, 20 and 10 per cent:— 
1110001111—7 
...0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1—5 
.1110 0 111 11—8 
.0111111111-9 
...111111111 1—10 
...0 1 I 1 1 10 110-8 
...1011111011-7 
.1 1 I 1 10 0 1 1 1-8 
.110 10 11110-7 
...Jill 1011 15-8 
.1 0 0 0 1 0101 1- 5 
...1 101011000-5 
... 1110011101-7 
,..110111110 1— 8 
...1 0 1111110 0-7 
. ...1 11111111 1-10 
..111111111 1-10 
-.1111 1 1001 1 — 8 
.,.0111111111—9 
. .1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0- 0 
. 0 111-9 
1111—9 
^ . 0 0 0 0—5 
10 1111—8 
..1111011011—8 
..1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0—3 
.010010 out. 
.0100 out. 
.11110 0 110 1-7 
.1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1—6 
10 11111111—9 
Moore.1 0 1—1 1 1 
.110 1 
..0 111 
. 1 0 1 
I Conklin.0 
I Willirms.1 10 
I Schley.111—10 1-0 
111—111—1 0 1 
Robbins . 
1 1 1—1 
Slate. 
..1 11—11 1-1 1 0 
Forsyth- 
-11 1-1 0 
Klein.1 1 1—0 
Crisfleld _ 10 
Bryant.110 
Fourth prize to Robbins. 
Third Sweepstakes; 5 Balls; prizes, 50, 35,15 per cent :— 
McCartney _ __...11 0 1 1—4 
Wackley__0 10 11-3 
Townsend.110 1 1—4 
Crisfleld. 1110 0—3 
Sweet....11111-5 
Miller.10 111-4 
Ties of a.— 
Sweet.10 | 
Baxter.111! 
First prize to Baxter. 
Ties of 4:— 
McCartney.0 1 Miller... 
Townsend.0 | Robbins. 
Second prize to Miller 
Ties of 3:— 
Wackley.1 0 1—1 1 1—1 1 11 Faulkner. .1 I 0—1 11—1 0 
Crisfleld.110-10 I 
Third prize to Wackley. 
Jersey City Heights Gun Club. August 6.—At Ma¬ 
rion, N. J.; fifth regular monthly contest for a gun from 
three Bogardus traps ; nineteen yards rise :— 
Baxter.11111—5 
Faulkner. 1011 0—3 
Robbins . 11 11 0—4 
Jeffreys.11111—5 
Forsyth. 11111-5 
111 
T. H. Hill. 
A. Heritage 
F. IV. Smith. . 
C. Leroy. 
W. Hughes. 
W. Canon. 
J. Van Gelder 
...1111011111111111111 1-19 
.0111111111111111101 1-18 
...0111111011111111111 1-18 
..1011011111111110111 1-17 
... 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 0 0 1 1 r 1 1 1 1-17 
...1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1—16 
.1111010111001111111 1-16 
P. AY. Levemng, Secretary. 
Pennsylvania— Erie, August 11.— Third regular shoot 
for the ■■ Rahtskeller Cup,” presented to the Erie Gun 
Club by Louie Schumacher ; glass balls : Moles' revolv¬ 
ing traps and rules :— 
Jack Love . 
C. K. Gregor... 
AV. AV. Derby. 
Jake Graham. 
John E. Graham 
Louis Schumachc 
P. Diefenbach. . 
T. AV. Jareoki.. 
S. S. Burton 
1 1 l 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 
.101111111111 
.1111111110 0 1 
.111110111101 
111110 11110 1 
11X0110111 
10 0 1 
. 1 0 
. 1 1 
l 1 
1 1 1 
0 1110 10 11 
1 1-15 
1 1—14 
1 1-13 
1 1—13 
1 1-13 
0 1—11 
0 0—11 
1 0—10 
_ _ 1 1- 8 
0 0 11—6 
. .. .. 1 0 0 1 0 6 . 
Will Tracy.0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 
Our rising young rifle shot, Johnny Graham, has made 
a match with Joe Slapinck, of Pittsburg, to shoot 150 
balls each (cl la Carver style), at Schuetzen Park, Pitts¬ 
burg, for §250 a side, to come off on Friday, August 29. 
A number of our sportsmen intend going to see it. 
Snipe. 
Pennsylvania— Catawissa, August 5.—Score of the 
10th shoot of the Catawissa F. & G. P. Club made this 
day; Cards’rotary trap, 18 yards rise, 10 balls each. W. M. 
Monroe, manufacturer of powder kegs for Dupont, also 
agent for the sale of Dupont’s Powder, was present at the 
shooting, and offered to the best individual score, a can 
of the celebrated Dimond Grain Powder :— 
A. A. King . 
H. fi. Aldrich. 
C. 14. Fessenden..... 
P. R. HobisOn....... 
T. E. Harder. 
B. B.Sohiliick. 
AVm. Geiger.... 
J-H. Gibbs.. 
G. AV. Relfsnyder. 
Win. Orange.... 
Theo. Fox..... 
T. P. Cherrington. 
Perry AYaters. 
A. Stadler.. 
F. P. Dllly.... 
C. M. Drinker.*. 
1 AVm. Orange... 
Ties on 7 LT. Fox. 
shot off: I T. B. Harder., 
.1 C.M. Drinker.. 
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0-3 
111001101 0—6 
011000101 1—5 
010101001 0—1 
101 1 0 0 1 1 1 1—6 
101000160 0-8 
000 0 00000 0—0 
1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1-6-34 
1 0 0 
0 10 
0 1 
1 1 
10 0 
0 
. _ 1—5 
_1 1 0-| 
0 10 111 1 —7 
101000 1—6 
1U10 1 0100 0—4 
001001011 1—5 
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0—1 
10 1011110 1—7—42 
10 0 1 won powder. 
Maryland— Baltimore, August 8, — The following 
matches Avere shot here yesterday. Messrs. Mills' and 
Wagner, from Washington, were too strong for our boys, 
carrying off five of the six prizes competed for. Mr. 
Mills shot a very fine 12-guago gun. weighing eight and 
three-quarter pounds, bruit for him by Jolm'A. Nichols, 
of Syracuse. N. Y., and his success \vith it at the trap 
goes far toward sustaining his prediction that the 12-gauge 
will eventually supersede the heavy 10-bores for trap 
shooting:— 
First match—Conditions, 3 birds ; 31 yards rise ;— 
Mills ... . 1 1 1—0 I Wagner.. .1 1 1—0 
Kell.1 1 1-1 Hux . 1 1 o 
Linthicom.0 
Second match—Conditions as above ; — 
Kell.0 1 i I Linthicom . 0 0 1 
Mills . 1 1 1 McWhorter.. . 0 10 
AVagner.0 1 11 
Third match—Conditions as above :— 
Mills.1 1 1—1 1 1 1 I Linthicom.. . I 11-110 
Wagner .1 0 i Ooulson.1 1 i—1 I 1 0 
Kell . 1 1 1—1 0 | 
Fourth match — Conditions, miss and out; 31 yards :— 
Wagner.. .01 Linthicom ....0 
Mills.1. 1 Kell.. . ... o 
Fifth match—Conditions, miss and out:— 
Mills. ,0 I Hax I 1 o o 1 (l l 0 
Kell.0 | McWhorter 0 
Wagner.., 1 10 0 10 1 1 1 Coulsoti.... i 10 0 0 
Linthicom,, 0 
Sixth match — Ten glass balls each: — 
Mills.11111111111 Hax. 1110110111 
AVagner. 1111111111 Wertsner_ 110 withdrew 
Mills and Wagner divided. A. F. H. 
0 
G. W. B., Secretary. 
J £ntiotml fflnstimes. 
For Forest and Stream and Rod and Gun, 
THE FABLES OF ARCHERY. 
While it might be very interesting to look up many of 
the old stories about Robin Hood and William Tell, and 
other of the real and mythical heroes of the bow. I do 
not propose to deal witli the unbelievable tales told of 
their marvelous shots, but to comq home to our own day 
and land, and call attention to the strange fact that hun¬ 
dreds of otherwise good and reliable persons will relate 
with the most unblushing mendacity the most utterly 
improbable and even impossible things which they have 
either done, or seen done with the bow and arrow. What 
archer is there in the United States who has practiced 
through this season who has not been repeatedly told by 
Ms white haired friend who strolls over of an afternoon 
to see him shoot, that he “has seen the Indians stick a 
copper in a split stick, and then hit it at every shot at a 
distance of thirty to sixty yards.” Now the old gentle¬ 
man is a veiy good man, he* is not considered a liar, but 
the truth is he has never seen an Indian in his life ! In 
the next place, if he had chanced to see an Indian he 
would, ten chances to one, have been armed with an old 
rifle instead of a bow. and lastly, if he had been armed 
Avith a bo\\ r , he could not have hit the copper at thirty 
yards at forty shots 1 Now, to the reader who has never 
seen an Indian, an Indian bOAv, or an Indian arrow, and 
who does not know any tiling about archery, and who has 
heard such tales d in ned into his ears from his boyhood, 
all this may sound a trifle surprising. It is, nevertheless, 
very true. The North American Indians are very poor 
archers. They use worthless bows and worse arrows. 
There are very few of our archers who have had this sea¬ 
son’s practice only, who could not discount the best of 
them at a target at sixty yards. Your old friend has told 
that tale about the cent in the split stick until he actually 
believes it! I do not, however, and I always tell such 
persons that they are only making themselves ridiculous 
by reiterating such bosh. The Indian-split-stick-cent 
tale has for its principal foundation the fact that about 
some of our frontier posts and villages the Indian boys, 
and sometimes the men, in order to obtain wliiskey. or 
other articles for their use, would shoot at pennies or 
other small objects thus placed in the split end of a stick, 
which would be stuck in the ground, not at a distance of 
forty yards, but usually at about four or five yards. They 
used small bows, of about four feet in length, which they 
kept strung for months at a time, and clumsy, heavy ar¬ 
rows, with large knobs at the head, wMch they could not 
shoot one hundred yards at a flight, and which no amount 
of skill could have driven thirty' yards in a straight line. 
Generally there would be about a dozen of them doing 
the shooting, and instead of one shooting at a time, the 
whole dozen would discharge their arrows at once, andiu 
the melee of arrows, some going sideways in the air, some 
bouncing along the ground, and all clattering along to¬ 
gether, the little stick would be raked Out of the ground, 
and a “hit" claimed ! Even with all the tangle of a 
dozen arrows at five yards, the cent escaped as often as it 
was knocked out of the stick. Sometimes a squad of the 
Indian archers have travelled the States, exhibiting their 
skill in this way, but I have yet to learn of their shooting 
at a greater distauce than thirty feet. Such archery is 
simply contemptible. But some will ask, 'How do In¬ 
dians kill buffalo, and eA r en our American soldiers with 
their arrows, if they are such poor archers?” This is 
easily explained. Tho bows used are very short, rough, 
and strong. The arrows short, slender, and pointed. 
Avith A'ery keen steel spikes. Riding at full speed at the 
A'ery flank of a buffalo, they will shoot arroAv after arrow 
into its back, ueck and side, until it sinks from twenty 
wounds. With their short rough bows they' can shoot 
with great force, but very little accuracy is ever attained. 
They will lie in wait, concealed by high grass or masses 
of rock, until the luckless soldier or mail carrier passes 
close by, when a dozen arrows will be shot at him from a 
distance of three or foiu»yards, and the poor felloAV either 
falls from his home, or carries three or four of their ar¬ 
rows into camp or station, sticking through his arms, 
shoulders or legs. The reason* they did not become ex¬ 
pert bowmen was because they had no reliable weapons. 
One might as well take a Mexican Escopette and shoot at 
Creedmoor with Jackson and Sumner, as to take one of 
the miserable sticks called Indian bows, and shoot at a 
National Archery meeting of English archers, against 
the Fords, Fishers, Palairets, and Remingtons of the 
