FOREST AND STREAM, 
573 
also a fine showing, 45 each. The following is the re¬ 
sult : — 
©.Kirkwood.. .5 5 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 4—-tS 
E. Bears . 3 5 3 5 4 5 r, 4 3 4—11 
J. 8. Bennett . 4 4 4 444 4 4 4 4-40 
(Bo-on try) . 454444443 3-8# 
H. Max . 5 3 3 4 3 5 4 3 I 3 -38 
J. F. Cross . 5 5 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3-35 
hi the glass-ball trial splondiii results were obtained. 
Mr. Johnson carried off the honors of the day with a cap¬ 
ital 39 out of the 80. The conditions were 10 shots each 
from single, double, and rotary traps 
Single. Double. Rotai’y. Total. 
L. E. Johnson.10 » 10 29 
G. B. Blanchard. 10 10 8 88 
T. H. BaymOlid. 8 10 T 25 
J. R.Teele. » 0 5 23 
C. Dearborn . 9 7 (I 32 
T- if. B. Morris. 4 5 6 IS 
Connecticut — Collinsville-, August 13. — Canton Rod and 
Gun Club, Riverside range, practice meeting at 300 yards 
off-hand :— 
Mass. Cred. | Mass. Creed. 
Moore . 99 43 Lewis. 87 40 
Laubeiistein . 89 40 I 
—At the Eagle, on which only members in good stand¬ 
ing are allowed to shoot, Captain Yuengling knocked 
down with his first shot the middle crown, entitling him 
to the first prize. The distribution of prizes took place in 
the evening of the 3d or last day. The following is the 
result—Ring Target, possible 75 : — 
Win. Klein, Bob. Faber and Wm. Hohn.eaeh.. 
E. Holtzmau, I.. Vogel, D. Miller, Wm. Hayes, Newark ; W. H. 
Johnson, each . 07 
John Roschen, Hobolcon : 0. G. Zettlerand Geo. Double, each.. 68 
0.13, Pi [lard, New Britain, and C. Mattmann, each.65 
E. Spitz and .T. B. Grohmann, each.81 
Geo. Qnlttineyer, Bridgeport ; F. Fabarlus and Hy. Kueohel, 
Brooklyn, each . 
Man target ; possible sixty lines : — 
M.B. Engel.. ... ... 
H. Oehl . . 
B. Faber and Thos. Broadway, each . 55 
John Baschen, Hoboken ; O. E. Pillard, New Britain ; A. Deta- 
hunty, PIttstou, and W. W. Johnson, Newark, each....54 
F. Fabarins.53 
X. Vogel, Phil. Klein, L. Dooler, and D. Miller each . 52 
E. Holtzmann, Captain A. Ermlseh and F. Laudolt, each. .51 
Captain Kingsman, Bridgeport, and G. Joiner, New York, each 50 
The whole affair was a splendid success, but the corps 
are not satisfied and have already made preparations for 
another one to be held in a few weeks in some rural dis¬ 
trict, on which occasion a most beautiful meerschaum 
pipe presented by the Forest and Stream and Rod and 
Gun will be shot for. 
New Jersey.— Brinton, Aug, 12lh. — Ballard match ; 
fifth competition; 14 entries, the following being the best 
score :— 
E. M. Squier. .5 45544545 5—46 I J. M. Dart. ...55455544 4 4—4-t 
E. E. Lewis...5 45 4 554 4 6 4—15 | C.Hanoe.4 4 4 4 434354-39 
August 16th. Sharp’s match for military rifles ; twelfth 
competition; rifle won by Dr. M. M. Maitby, Dr. J, M, 
Dart leading all competitors, but having previously won 
a rifle, scored one coinpetion for final prize ; 33 entries, 
the following being the highest scores :— 
Dr.J.M. Dart.5 54444544 4r-48 
Dr. M. M. Maitby.5 5 4 5 5 5 4 3 3 4—43 
C. A. Houston.4 4 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 4—40 
F. Alder.5 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 5—40 
D. F. Davids . ...3 3 4 4 4 4 5 4 5 4—40 
F.J. Donaldson.5 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 4—39 
J.B. Denman . 4 43544334 4—3S 
W. A Robinson .. ...3 33533544 4—37 
Pennsylvania —The Nay-Aug Rifle Association of 
Scranton, Pa,, announce the following list of prizes : 1. 
Match for State Championship, open only to N. G., Penn,, 
300 and 500 yards, State arm, seven rounds, three compe¬ 
titions, for a gold, silver, and bronze medal, Aug. 14th, 
Sept. 18th, and Oct. 16th ; 3. Match teams of twelve from 
any company N. G., Penn., 300 and 500 yards, seven 
rounds, Thursday, Sept. 35th. 3. All-comers Match, any 
rifle, 500 yards, ten rounds; prize, Sharps military rifle, 
officer’s model, Thursday, Sept. 4th. Long range and 
sporting rifles will be handicapped five points ; special mil¬ 
itary rifles, three points; winners of first prizes in any 
monthly competition, two points. 4. Season Badge, the 
Nay-Aug Rifle Association Season Badge (gold), to be shot 
for weekly (Fridays), by the members of the association 
only, and to be awarded Anally to the member winning it 
the greatest number of times (hiring the season, and shot 
for under the rules of the National Rifle Association, on the 
following conditions : distances, 300 and 500 yards; five 
rounds at each; all rifles other than military to be handi¬ 
capped five points; no coaching allowed, and no two 
men to use the Bame piece; match open at 3 p.M,, and 
close at sunset. 
Virginia —Hawley Springs .—The remarkable fine 
shooting done by the lady visitors at this place within the 
past ten days, induces me to send you a brief account of 
a match held on the 39th ult. A veiy pretty one hun¬ 
dred yards range is used, shooting from the handsome 
pavilion, which has been erected over the main fountain, 
into the side of the mountain. One month ago only a 
few of the ladies could be induced to shoot, but they 
have gradually taken it up, until the two clubs now 
number about thirty-five, and I am quite sure rival in 
their enthusiasm the members of Empire or New York 
rifle clubs. Meeting, as they do, every day in these 
friendly competitions, has created aproper spirit of rivalry 
and made rifle shooting decidedly the most popular amuse¬ 
ment. The handsome gold badge of Schhetzen Konig of 
this State is worn by the lady making the best score each 
day, so that it is an easy matter to distingush the cham¬ 
pion from the other contestants. Conditions of match, 
distance, 100 yards : rifle, Ballard, 33 calibre ; number of 
shots, five ; target, Mass, reduced to 100, [yards ; bull 
counting 12 and 11 :— 
POCAHONTAS CLUB. 
Miss Powers.10 10 7 5 10 42 
“ Ella Gutman.12 11 12 11 12 58 
Mrs. Walter.10 12 10 12 10 54 
Miss HeldLoberger. II 11 11 10 11 54 
IJ. Gutman.II II 10 II 10 51 
*• Frank.11 7 11 9 6 44 
’ “ Laugh) in.11 0 8 0 10 29 
Mm. Huix linin' . M II 11 II 12 53 
IT Alfriond.12 11 10 10 9 Jig 
Miss Berry . 9 9 10 8 li 40 
Mrs. H until. 8 11 11 10 7 47 
Tlptal.. . .... 
MATOAOA CLUB. 
Miss P. Gutman . . - 9 S 11 10 
I. LeibUck.10 12 11 10 
B. Stein___ » . 0 II 3 0 
N. Loftier . 11 11 10 « 
Bolnner. ...11 8 10 10 
Mrs. Berry . ...It 12 12 9 
Miss French . 6 11 10 11 
Mrs. Sheilas. 8 10 
Mrs. Hutzlcr . 9 11 
Miss L. Dottier . 6 11 
“ A. Mnnson. 12 12 
Total.-... 
11—49 
10- 53 
7—20 
7 48 
11 — *50 
11-55 
7- 45 
6—38 
in 51 
8- 41 
8—51 
.504 
Washington, D. C.—The Columbia Rifle Association 
arranged with the Weather Bureau for a good, gray day 
last Saturday, for their fourth weekly shoot for t henHark- 
noss gold medal, but through some oversight too much 
wind was turned on, and as a consequence considerable 
judgment was required hy the three contestants in tack¬ 
ling the unsteady one o’clock wind that prevailed, with 
more or less force', throughout the afternoon. Illness and 
out-of-townness kept all away but Col. Burnside, Mr. 
Laird, and the Sandy Springs’ champion, Dr. Scott. The 
latter’s ready acquaintance with the wind helped hi m to a 
very good 73, which was the distinguishing feature at 800 
yards. The Colonel, after a few passing “ centres,’’ got 
on for a good terminal string of half a dozen “ white 
owls,” winding up with 71 to his credit. Laird's 70 was 
hard worked for against a treacherous marsh wind. At 
900 yards, after uninterrupted bulls had been signalled 
for four or five rounds, the untimely clinging of the mid¬ 
swamp streamer to its pole deceived all three men into 
making wide ten o’clock “mags,” followed by a “ centre ” 
for each. The firing was then stopped until a boy could 
release the caught pennant, when it streamed out bravely 
and gave the correct “tip” for an almost unbroken se¬ 
quence of white signals to the end. The Colonel and the 
Doctor at this stage had nearly identical scores, shot for 
shot, each tallying 71. On opening at 1,000 yards it be¬ 
came evident that Col. Burnside meant business. Shot 
after shot tickled the hufi’s iris, and it was very comfort¬ 
ing to see, across the wide marsh, the broad white disc 
lazily climbing up, pausing almost in the geometrical 
center of the target, and bobbing back into shelter after 
every bang of the small bore. A dull, cloudy light, and 
a lull in the breeze before sun-down gave cheerful promise 
of a good score, if not a clean one, at this long range, but 
an unlucky change In the light, due to a feeble sunburst, 
on the fourteenth round spoiled the chance, and although 
winding up with a carton bull, Col. Burnside retired with 
only 74 scored for him, and a total of 216. Laird came 
next with 69, tying with the doctor on the aggregate of 
309. The detailed scores are as follows:— 
COL. BURNSIDE. 
800.5 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 6 5 5 5—71) 
900.5 6 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 6-71 >218 
1,000. 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5-74) 
0. H. LAIRD. 
800.4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 3 4 5 5 5 5 5—70) 
900.5 5 5 5 3 5 4 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 4-701209 
1,000.5 4534545554555 5—69) 
DR. SOOTT. 
800. 5 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 5 5 5—731 
900.5 555534 5 5 5 5 5 45 5—71 >209 
1,000. 0 355 5 55 5 545555 S—65 ) 
Illinois— Belleville .—A match was shot last week 
between the St. Clair Rifle Club and the a team from 
Company A, Belleville Guards. Match for two silver 
badges,- one for best team and one for best individual 
score, Springfield M. rifle, distance 300 yards, off-haud, 
standing. St. Clair Rifle Club wins the team badge, and 
Krebs of the Guards wins the badge for best individual 
score. 
COMPANY A. 
Wobcr.4 3 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 4-33 
Hei dinger.*. 3 3 4 5 4 2 4 1 2 4-® 
K rolls.4 5 5 3 5 4 4 3 3 3-39 
Reiss. 3 3 5 4 3 2 II 3 3 4-33 
Schucsslcr.4 3 4 4 0 2 2 2 3 3 -27 
Rappel.2 2 fl 0 4 4 3 3 4 4-® 
Tlethmanu.0 3 4 2 3 4 3 2 2 4-27 
Kaub. 3 2 3 2 5 2 5 3 2 4-31 
Andel .0 3 0 3 4 2 3 3 4 2—21 
Grand total.275 
ST. CLAIR rifle CLUB. 
Knebelkamp. 3 2 4 2 4 3 3 2 4 4-30 
Deideeheimer. 2 0 3 3 4 2 3 8 4 2-26 
K Dispel. 2 3 3444320 4—29 
Hilgard.2 I) o 4 2 4 4 3 4 3—26 
Starkel.3 4 0 3 2 3 4 3 5 3-80 
Reuas. 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 8-34 
Fleisehbeiu. 3 3 3434423 4-33 
Crosby. 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 4 3 4-36 
Caulfield. 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4-38 
Grand total. . . .282 
Dodge. 
Gardner, August 13.—The following are the scores of 
the rifle club at Hackmatack range to-day, shooting two 
scores of ten shots each, distance 200 yards, off-hand, ring 
target:— 
R, C. B. O. Totals. 
G. F. Ellsworth. 91 46 79 44 170 90 
A. E. Robbins. 77 43 83 45 160 88 
I. N. Dodge. 81 46 78 43 157 89 
Chester Hinds... 78 46 67 44 145 90 
H. C. Knowlton. 71 44 71 4-1 142 88 
G. R.Pratl.81 45 63 42 134 87 
S. Hildreth . 65 43 52 40 U7 83 
pnifc ;itfd 
Personal. —Captain W. H. Jackson, of Boston, re 
turned from Canada on the evening before making the big 
score noted in our rifle columns. He reports a splendid 
time in the Canadas, with plenty of big trout landed be¬ 
side the streams he visited. 
Dittmar Powder. —All orders for Dittmar Powder ad¬ 
vertised in our columns should be addressed to the Ditt¬ 
mar Powder Manufacturing Company, 24 Park Place, 
New York City. The works are located at three differ¬ 
ent points in various States, and communications to the 
factories unattended to, will receive a prompt response 
when addressed as above. [Adv. Carl Dittmar. 
—The northeast Georgia Fair and Stock Association, of 
which W. P. Dealing, Athens, Ga., is Supeiintendeut, 
will hold its exhibition at Athens, beginning Oct 7. 
—J. Palmer, O’Neil & Co. of Pittsburg, Pa., publish an 
illustrated catalogue of sportsmen's goods. 
Hod-banked saudpiper, or o.v- 
bird, Ti lnrn amertea-na. 
Grea t marbled godwit, or mar¬ 
lin, Limosa few>a. 
Willet, Tataniis xemiprrJmatiis. 
♦Woodcock, PhiJnhdu minor. 
Black-bellied plover, ox-eye, 
Sipuitarola Helvetica. 
Ring plover, AiykMlis se-mipaV 
matus. 
Stilt, or long-shanks, llimanto- 
pwi ntf/ritioiifs. 
Red-beasted snipe, or dwitoher, 
Macrorhampux griseUs. 
*In Now York and Oregon only. 
“ Bay birds ” generally, including various species of plover, sand 
piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf bird, plmdtropes, avocets, 
etc., coining under the group TAmacoUe or Shore Birds. Many 
States permttprairie fowl (piunatud grouse) shooting a'ftor Aitg. 15. 
l3Sf*The seasons for shooting pinnated groqse or prairie chick¬ 
ens and other birds are as IoUowb in the States named herewith :— 
States 
Pinnated i 
Grouse. 
IRuffed Grouse 
Quail. 
Ill:..,. 
Ind... 
Iowa.. 
Minn.. 
Wis... 
Nob... 
Kan... 
Sep It® Jan. 15 Oct 1. to Feb 1 
Ootl to Feb 1 Nov. ltoJanl 
Sep 1 to Doc 1 Oct 1 to Jan 1 
Au«' 14 to Oct 1 Sept 1 to Dec 1 
Aug; 25 to Jan 11 Aug25 to Jaul 
Aug 15 to Feb] — 
Aug 1 to Feb 1 “ 
Novi to Fob 1 
Nov 1 to Jan 1 
Oct 8 to Junl 
Sep i to Dec 1 
Aug-25toJaul 
Oct 1 to Dec 1 
Oct 1 to Jan 1 
Woodcock. 
Sopt 1 to Jan 1 
July 1 to Jan I 
July 10 to Jan 1 
July 3to Nov 1 
Aug 25 to Jan 1 
No Restrictions 
Forbidden 
First English Snipe, — Mr. M. Englert, provision deal¬ 
er, 35 Delancey street, city, while giving his dogs a run 
on Monday last at Springfield, L. L, Struck an English 
snipe, which is rather early for the season. We acknowl¬ 
edge receipt of the bird, with thanks for the juicy com¬ 
pliment. 
Indian Camp Axes. — An ax and a box of matches are 
perhaps the two most indispensable articles to a woods¬ 
man, and should be the requisites of every sportsman who 
goes into camp. Next to the possession of the ax, is tho 
knowledge of using it properly and, of course, carefully. 
Accidents from carelessness in handling axes are perhaps 
even more frequent than those from handling guns. We 
need not explain how they result; hut any one will read¬ 
ily perceive that a sharp tool carried haphazard through 
tangled brush, or left knocking around the camp wood- 
pile, or tossed into a boat or wagon, is not a thing to 
contemplate with serenity or comfort. Most woodsmen 
use a leathern case or sheath to protect the blade, when 
the ax is not in actual use. The Indian Camp Axes, to 
which our title refers, are not only good tools, but they 
are supplied with capital protection, and are very handy 
to have around. They are manufactured by A. S, Crosby 
& Co., of Waterville, Maine, whose advertisement will be 
found in our columns. 
— We need not go back.to the time of Deeralayer for hair 
breadth escapes from catamounts and other varmints. A 
man who was walking through a growth of underbrush 
in Berks County, P., the other day, was attacked by a 
wild cat \vhich sprung from a boulder, striking him upon 
the shoulfler. Shaken off, it^made a second attack, when 
the man succeeded in shooting it. It was a female and 
weighed sixteen pounds. 
More Migratory Quail. —The Monroe Coimty Sports¬ 
men’s Association, of Rochester, N. Y. are to import one 
hundred dollars worth of migratory quail, to he liberated 
in Monroe Comity. 
Migratory Quail — Lakeville, Conn., August 4.—Our 
migratory quail returned in considerable numbers ami 
have been breeding here. The prospects for, ruffed 
grouse shooting are fair unless the wood tick kills them 
off again as last year; and woodcock seem to he quite 
plenty, but whether they will be Oct. 1st or not remains 
to be seen. None have been killed in our town, at least, so 
far. I had the misfortune to loose my setter dog Duko 
last week by being run over by the cars. W. H. W. 
Seneca Gun Club— Seneca Falls, N. Y., Aug. 14. — 
At the annual meeting of the Seneca Gun Club held Aug.” 
6th, Mr. Horace Silsby was re-elected President by accla¬ 
mation, whereupon Mr. Silsby arose, and after thanking 
the club for this and past honors, begged to decline tin- 
position, thinking it more advantageous for the club to 
elect a president whose business did not require such pro 
longed absence from town. The following officers wore 
then unanimously elected : Jas. F. Laurence.President: 
Win. Parrish, Vice-President; Milton Hoag, Treasurer: 
C. H. Williams, Secretary; Executive Committee: Hor¬ 
ace Silsby, Henry Stoweli, B. P. Latlirop, E. V. Burton, 
and J, B. Conrad. The club offers a reward for each ami 
every conviction of offenders against the game laws. 
New Hampshire — Hampton Marshes, August 14. — Bay 
birds are migrating south in large flocks. Winter yellow 
legs, black-breasted plover, jack curlews, brownies, etc., 
are being bagged in considerable quantities. Recently 500 
birds left here for Boston markets. W. W. J. 
Hampton, August 18th. —Flight birds are coming in 
quantities owing to stiff easterly windB and storms. 
Large bags are being made. The following was composed 
while resting neatli a hay rack : 
“ Wliat more lovely sport can bo 
Than stooiing for birds from out Of the sea, 
And knocking them, too, with a premium gun, 
Made by W. & C. Scott & Son?” 
W. W. Johnson, 
Connecticut — Pomfret Centre, Aug. 18th. — The pros¬ 
pect for quail is promising, but ruffed grouse and wood¬ 
cock arc nearly exterminated. E. A, 
New York— Eldred, Sullivan County, Aug. 18th.— 
Woodcock have all left since the heavy raius, but T hear 
they are plenty about six miles north', at the headquar¬ 
ters of the streams. 
Tarrytown, August 4th, 1879. — I went out on the morn¬ 
ing of the first ; the woodcock were massed in tho very 
wet swamps and I put up ten birds in one place, with very 
badiluck in the matter of killing them, partly in conse- 
