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tit.ion under the new rules, which require five innings to 
entitle to possession; distances 200 and 500 yards ; teams 
of eight, with seven shots at each range ana no sighting 
shots ; military rules, military rifles and military uni¬ 
forms. The prize was won the first, second and third 
times by the Louisiana Field Artillery team, the scores 
being 305, 396 and 345 : and the fourth and fifth times by 
the Washington Artillery team ; scores 345 and 363 :— 
WASHINGTON ARTILLERY, 
200 Yards. 500 Tunis. Total 
Wm. Arms . U0 27 87 
H. Dupre. 25 30 55 
IhKUuv Selpll. 20 27 53 
11. Bradford. 25 20 51 
J. MiUer. 23 2(1 49 
H.Suorl. 23 25 48 
G. Charlton. 23 22 45 
It. Vlllanibis. 20 .19 45 
Total.403 
J. 1C. Renault. 
H. Fontaine... 
.1. Doolittle.... 
Wm. Fierce.... 
J. H. Watson.. 
W .7. Mnltby.. 
F. Peril leu x . 
H. II. True ... 
Total.. 
15. Gsehwtnd . 
K. Bereegeay. 
II. B. Thompson.. 
F. Snllean. 
.1. Glynn. 
I*. C. Durel. 
W. Weiss. 
W. Meyronne. 
Total. 
CONTINENTAL (WARDS. 
IOUIS1ANA ElBI.O AUTIM.JtRY. 
Tlie second contest- of the day was for the definite pos¬ 
session of the new Lilienthal cup, the present of Mr. Ed¬ 
ward Lilienthal, the eminent jeweler, which was first pnt 
up for competition May 11th, fast. It was atone time gen¬ 
erally conceded that Major Arms would secure the prize, 
but Sir. Bereegeay stepped in and the supposed final con¬ 
test between these two, Sunday, July 37th, was looked 
forward to with great interest. 
At this nick of time Mr. Renaud piled up the best score 
made during the contest. This was somewhat a surprise. 
On the eighth turn, Mr. Selph redeemed his pristine 
reputation and put his name on record. The ninth con¬ 
test was decided in Mr. Renaud’* favor again, and to-day, 
on the tenth trial, Mr. Renaud obtained actual possession 
of the cup, having won the same three times. 
Summary. — New Lilienthal cup, tenth competition be¬ 
tween individuals under military rules, distances 200 and 
500 yards; five shots at each distance and two sighting 
shots; three winnings to entitle to possession of the prize. 
The first contest was won by Bereegeay, score 41 ; the 
second by Weiss, score 39 ; the third by Arms, score41 ; the 
fourth, by Go\vland, score 40; the fifth by Arms, score 
41 : the sixth by Bereegeay, score 43; tlie seventh by 
Renaud, score 44*; eighth by'Selph, score 41, and the ninth 
by Renaud, score 43 :— 
J, K. Kenaud_ 
F. Bereegeay— 
H. Sporl. 
,1. Gfvnn, Jr. 
G. \v. Charlton . 
W. Weiss. 
—Mr. C. P. Stokes, President of the Old Dominion 
Rifle Club, of Richmond, Va., was elected last week an 
honorary member of the Zettler Rifle Club of New York. 
|<W{£ Jfa# m\d 0ntf. 
GAME IN SEASON FOR SEPTEMBER. 
Moose, Alee Americano. 
Caribou. Rangifer caribou. 
Elk or wapiti. Germs canadensis. 
Red or Va. deer. C. virginianus. 
Squirrels, red, black and gray. 
Hares, brown and gray. 
Reed or t'ice bird, Doliihoni/x or- 
pzivornm. 
Wild turkey .MeXtagris gatlopavo. 
Pinnated grouse or prairie 
ebiekens, Oupidonta cupiiU). 
Ruffed grouse or pheasant, Bo- 
nasa umbdhus. 
Quail or partridge, Ortgzvirgini- 
Blaok-beliied plover, ox-eye, 
Squatorolrt Helvetica. 
Ring plover, Aigialitls semipal- 
matus. 
Stilt, or long-shanks, Hlmanto- 
pns ntgricmti. 
Woodcock, Philoliela minor. 
Red-breasted snipe, or dwitcher, 
Maororhampus griseus. 
Red-backed sandpiper, or ox- 
bird, Tringa Americana. 
Great marbled godwit, or mar¬ 
lin, Limosa feaoa. 
"Willet, Totamis semipalmatu*. 
Tattler, Tetanus melanoleueus. 
Yellow-slianks, Tetanus flavipes, 
“ Bay birds " generally, including various species of plover, sand 
piper, snipe, curlew, oyster-catcher, surf bird, phalaropcs, avoccts, 
etc., coming under the group Lhmacolce or Shore Birds. 
CST'This table does not apply to all the States. It is meant to 
represent the game which is generally in season at this time. State 
regulations may prohibit the killing of some species of game here 
mentioned. 
fW" Tiie Bensons for shooting pinnated grouse or prairie chick¬ 
ens and other birds are as follows in the States named herewith :— 
States 
Pinnated 
Grouse. 
Ruffed Grouse 
Quail. 
Woodcock. 
Ill...; 
Ind., 
Iowa.. 
Minn.. 
Wis. . 
Neb... 
Kan... 
AuglSbsDecl 
Op! J to Feb 1 
Sep 1 to Deo 1 
Aug 14to Oct 1 
A ug 25 to .Tan 1 
Aug 15 to Febl 
Aug I to Feb 1 
Oct 1 to Jan 1 
Nov. ItoJan 1 
Oct 1 to Jafi 1 
Sept 1 to Dec 1 
Aug25 to Janl 
Oet 1 to Janl 
Nov ItoJan l 
Oct 8 to Jan 1 
Sep ItoDecl 
Aug 26toJanl 
Oetl to Dec 1 
Oct 1 to Jan 1 
July 4 to Jan 1 
July 1 to Jan 1 
July 10 to Jan 1 
July 3to Nov 1 
Aug 25 to Jan 1 
No Restrictions 
Forbidden 
The “ City of 
Worcester. 
”—The sportsmen’s car, 
“ City of Worcester" left Worcester, Mass., Sept. 9, with 
Mr. Jerome Marble and party, who go to Iowa, to the 
new town of Hallook. Minn., and other game regions. 
A Strayed Duck.— Mr, Everett Smith of Portland, 
Me., sends this from among the “Bath Locals” of the 
Portland Argus, September 11th: “James T. "Williams, 
while gunning in the bay yesterday, shot a duck, about 
one wing of which was tied a card on which was written 
‘Lewis Carlton, Harrison, N. J.’” The above slip will 
meet the eye of so many sportsmen, that the history of 
that duck mid card of “ Lewis Carlton, Harrison, N.’J.” 
may perhaps be reported to our columns. 
—For Diving Decoy* see “-Miscellaneous Ads.”—(Adu.J 
THE CHARMS OF GUNNING. 
Why do some people despise hunting? Not many 
months since I was on my way to the hunting-grounds, 
when a seedy specimen of the genus loafer accosted me 
with: “Huntin’ agin, Jedge?” Not far on, another: 
“ Goin’ gunnin 1 agin ?” 
I had met the two worthies a few days before on my 
way to the shooting-ground. These two represent a class 
who, because their manner of amusement or recreation 
lies in another field, seem to have a holy horror and 
a hearty contempt for the sport of shooting as well as. 
those who follow it, These same men will hang around 
a saloon all day and nearly all night and thumb, for "ten 
cents ante,” a pack of greasy cards, or tramp three miles 
in the burning sun to see some old crow-bait limp around 
a race-course. Nay, I have seen this class of brainless 
idlers fairly wild over the ordinary pacing of some ani¬ 
mated carrion as it lumbered round the race-track. The 
trouble with this class*and a still better in society is that 
they can see no amusement, no use nor benefit in any 
occupation wherein the “ almighty dollar” is not directly 
or indirectly the object to be attained. The banker, the 
merchant and professional man who despises the gentle¬ 
man sportsman may always be found wearing out the 
delicate machinery God has given him to draw his frail 
body through the brief channel of this life, by clogging 
it hour by hour with the cares and troubles of money¬ 
making. A journal like tlie Forest and Stream, fit to 
grace the library of the most prudish and fastidious—a 
book of science, a revelation of nature, and a vast flood 
of information for the Bcholar or sportsman—never cheers 
or illumines their abode. The musty ledger, the dusty 
journal, over which the grey cobweb festoons a winding- 
sheet for the future consumptive; the digest of debits 
and credits, assimilated mentally only to bring on chronic 
indigestion, are all of the health, the beauty and glimpse 
of nature ever known in these gloomy sepulchres for tlie 
living. 
Take a gun and saunter forth in the woods. Leave the 
very thought of business behind. You will see more in 
one hour to mystify and astonish you than you ever 
dreamed of before. The woods are a vast animated 
world, from the strange insect with stranger habits 
among the fallen leaves to the great eagle overhead, the 
spread of whose pinions as he screams from his eyrie 
casts the cloudrshadow across your path. Here the ani¬ 
mal and vegetable kingdom spread before you a banquet 
that never cloys nor enfeebles. 
The massive rocks whose giant form and wondrous 
shape are full of life and food for the deepest philoso¬ 
phers, will reveal a past not found save in the sublime 
mysteries of nature. 
Take a rod and line and repair to some quiet lake. 
Camp out if you can. The plain fare for the stomach, the 
lovely scenery for the eye, the pure ether for the lungs, 
will give yon rest by night and a light heart by day. 
When you return from your vacation you find you have 
entered an unknown world. Take some good sporting 
journal and keep alive your love for nature’s thousand 
forms of interest and beauty until the next vacation 
comes. Then you will feel a tenfold zest, a longing de¬ 
sire to return to your loved haunts and renew your court¬ 
ship with this charming maiden—Nature, Around her 
shrine, whether in the summer or golden autumn, with 
the delicate rod in the fragrant solitudes of the northern 
pinery or in the vast sea of rice or celery at the coast or 
inland lake, yon wifi find the genial, jovial gentleman— 
the true, big-hearted, hospitable sportsman—the peer of 
any noble on earth and a fit companion for the gods. The 
latch-string hangs always loose, and the right-hand of 
nature's own freemasonry is ever extended to welcome 
you. In return for the few dollars yon have thus in¬ 
vested, even should you bag but little game, you put on 
a new garment of hope and health, and bathe hi that per- 
rennial spring whose fabled waters can alone restore 
your youth. 
Despise not these pastimes. They draw you in to 
“ God’s first temples ” and in close communion with Him¬ 
self. They lead your thoughts from vice to virtue. They 
teach you that there are joys that do not bring remorse 
or foul disease. 
For all that yon invest yon receive a hundredfold in 
return, and as each fleeting hour goes past, the scenes 
and friends of other days grow warmer and brighter in 
your thoughts and twine more closely round your hearts. 
By field or flood, 
Wherein 1 chance to mu-, 
The tent, 's my palace 
And iny friend’s my home. 
R. W. H. 
Shot in Game. —The London Lancet has this seasonable 
word of caution concerning the presence of small shot in 
game: 
ThiB being the season when game killed by shooting, 
and probably containing the pellets, is eaten, it may be 
worth while"to caution those who consume the flesh of 
burls with avidity, that the proportion of instances in 
which shot is found is probably small in comparison with 
the number of cases in which the pellets are unwittingly 
swallowed. It is a matter of speculation how much mis¬ 
chief a fihot may do when passed into the intestines, but 
the fact that anomalous diseases have been sot up by the 
presence of very small bodies which have become entan¬ 
gled in folds of the mucous membrane renders it desirable 
to put the public on their guard. Occasionally the most 
disastrous results have followed such small causes. We 
have in recollection the case of a physician who died, 
after prolonged and unexplained sufferings, from the im¬ 
paction of a very small nail which had found its way into 
a pudding and "was inadvertently swallowed. A little 
care will avoid this contingency, but, remembering that 
the bird had been shot, some pains ought certainly to be 
taken to avoid swallowing the missile. 
Glass Ball vs. Birds. — Lewiston, Sept. 8th .—Your 
editorial on “Glass Balls and Game Protection” gives 
promise of early fruit; much earlier than you anticipated. 
The subjest will be mooted at Lewiston the latter part of 
this month, at the State shoot which occurs the 24th, 25th 
and 26th, and as far as I can learn meets with general 
approval. Wing shots are springing up on every hand, 
and clubs being organized, and to provide the necessary 
birds for this year’s tournament it has been found neces¬ 
sary to send to Massachusetts and Chicago for prices, and 
to know if they can be. supplied, as it has proved utterly 
impossible to gather twelve or fifteen hundred wild or 
tame birds in this State. The Androscoggin Sporting Club 
had contracts with several parties for wild pigeons, one 
party feeling confident he could readily furnish two 
thousand this fall, hut when he was requested to forward 
birds not a bird could he send. This is also the predica¬ 
ment of several others who have been baiting birds. Our 
cities have been ransacked for tame birds ; only four or 
five hundred can be promised. Does not this state of 
tilings point a moral for our sportsmen to consider ? And 
is it too much to say that without a strict observance, 
and enforcement of our game laws, there will be no birds 
to shoot, and we will have to send further than Chicago 
for our shooting ? 
Tlie expense each year is increasing as the supply dim¬ 
inishes, and this year t he expense to the above-named dul) 
will exceed the receipts: even if they pay the same entrance 
fee as members of other clubs. Your idea of substituting 
balls and applying the difference in the cost into paying 
for the prosecution of game law violators, and importa¬ 
tion and propagation of additional species coincides with 
my ideas exactly. 
Our practice is wholly, or nearly so, at glass halls, and 
more skill is required, and a man is a more expert shot who 
can break eighteen glass balls from a Card rotary trap, 
and fifteen out of twenty from double traps, than tlie most 
successful pigeon Bhot in the country'. I think pigeon 
shooting depends a great deal upon luck, and in this State 
upon having a heavy gun, as all are placed 21 yards from 
tlie traps, and a 6 lb'gun must compete with one of 14 lbs. 
or retire. Within a few weeks I saw a beautiful double 
shot at Bratramian sandpipers, a right and left shot that 
the slow locomotions of a successful pigeon shot would 
never have attempted, but which the quick double ball 
shooting makes possible and probable. 
I hope your correspondent “Maine’’will attend tha 
State tournament, as we need just such sportsmen to as¬ 
sist in inaugurating, andsending off with a boom the Maine 
Sportsmen’s Association. Frank Hensbaw. 
Mr. Schaeffer's Score. — Boston, Sept. 8tli. — Editor 
Forest and Stream :—On looking over your'valuable paper 
of last week I saw an article headed “ Schaeffer’s score,” 
and upon reading it, saw that it cast a great deal of dis¬ 
credit upon a very estimable young man and a first class 
shot. I know Mr. Schaeffer and his sons very well, and 
have heard from good authority that the younger son 
(the one the article was about) is but seventeen years old. 
The authority I give is from his father, and I think, Mr. 
Editor, that a father knows a son’s age better than tits 
one that signs himself “ Pull.” Let me add that the gun 
Schaeffer used in his last match was a gun made 1# him-, 
self, alone which is more than “ Pull" or r any of his fol¬ 
lowers can say. I say. by way of conclusion that all Bad 
the same chance as Schaeffer, and did not or could not 
beat his score, viz, 89 out of 90. /Push. 
Notes from Virginia. —Anticipr nuns o£ty>ort for the 
coming shooting season are menu than usually bright. 
Birds and hares are more abunojjs u than I have ever seen 
them, owing no doubt to .its dry spring. The gun- 
makers’ stores in this part A the world are, this fall, pre¬ 
senting a very different appearance from that of the same 
establishments, say f o years ago ; well finished choke 
bores now occupy ti stands that in those days bristled 
with firearms of wonderful and fearful make. It is 
true that there nan still be found hack rooms devoted to 
these relics of bygone ages. The countryman of plainer 
mould still • lings fondly to the five feet of barrel, along 
which he and his father before him have squinted since 
the davs of flint locks. The army muskets brought out 
of the uivil war have passed into the hands of the negroes 
and (he woods continuously echo to their deafening ex¬ 
plosions regardless of times and seasons. Tempting dis¬ 
plays of leggins, thorn-proof shooting coats, and miscel¬ 
laneous nick-nacks are to be seen, destined to carry dismay 
and astonishment into many a retired unsophisticated 
district where birds are more plentiful than tailors. A 
sporting club has been founded in this county, and glass 
ball shooting has, during the summer months, been the 
order of the day. In a few weeks time its members will 
doubtless betake themselves to more serious work. The 
streams on the eastern slopes of the Blue Ridge want re¬ 
stocking with trout badly. The supply isnow very scanty 
owing to the action of the late winter’s frosts added to 
previous unprecedented freshets. There is some talk of 
doing this, I am happy to say. Rlngwood. 
Bedford County, Va., Sept. 9th. 
Dr, Carver on Mr. W. W. Greener’s Hammerless 
Guns. — Sir :— On my arrival in England last winter, I 
noticed a discussion in your valuable paper relative to 
the merits of hammerless guns ; and it occurred to me 
that they were just the kind of gun for my exhibition 
shooting, where rapid firing and easy loading are most 
essential. The only doubt I had respecting them was 
their durability, the work I have being very severe on the 
gun. 
After much consideration, I selected the treble wedge- 
fast hammerless gun made by W, W. Greener, as the 
most likely to meet my requirements. Those who have 
