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i"TPo going back to the last stage with 14S and 146 to their 
n •.edit respectively. Dr. Scott was breaking in a new 
rrize gun which, although fairly tractable on being 
^.sighted for elevations two days before, now distinguished 
cats first appearance in a match by unruliness of temper of 
a most deplorable land. The scores for the day’s shoot- 
I mg were as follows :— 
200. H00. TV. | 200. 301). TV. 
-- SO I B. H. Miller.-13 34 7G 
B0 A. A. Adee (mlli- 
78 | tary rifle)*. 40 33 76 
C. H. Laird._ 
J. 11. Burnside. 43 
Cupt. B. Chambers 41 
* Allowance 3. 
con. j, o. p. nuRNsrnii. 
800 yards. 5 
900 yards. ._ 5 _ 
1,000 yards. 5 4 4 5 5 5 5 
4 5 5 5 6 5 5 
800 yards. 5 
900 yards.. fi 
1,000 yards... 
r. j. LAU1UTZEN. 
45555653 
55555555 
5 5 4 4 5 5 
DR. S. T. SCOTT. 
5 4 4 5 5 0 3 
800 yards,. 5 
900 yards,.3,, ______ 
1,000 yards. 40533550 4 3055 
3 3 5 4 3 4 5 5 0 5 4 5 
4-73 
4- 73 
5- 73-319 
5-J73 
5-75 
5- 69—317 
3-04 
6— 59 
withdrew 
first distance both teams shot in good form, the average 
being almost centres per shot, but with Glynn's team two 
points in the lead—213 to the 211 of the Washingtons. 
As the afternoon advanced the light became bad, the 
wind strengthened, causing some of the most reliable to 
come to grief. At the close the Louisianas had gained 
ten more points, having had 209 to the 199 of the Wash¬ 
ingtons, and thus winning by 12 points. Of the nine 
matches the Louisiana team won the first with 365 ; 
second, 396 ; third 345 ; seventh, 399 ; and ninth, 422 ; 
and the Washington team the fourth with 345; fifth, 
363 ; sixth, 403 ; and eighth on 390. The following are 
the scores— 
7-37 
7-36 
0-36 
a-Oa 
7—43 
10—U 
4—41 
Colonel Burnside heads the contestants for the badge 
thus far, his three highest scores being 213, 210 and 219, 
aggregating 648, the same total with which he won the 
Harkness gold medal. Mr. Lauritzen comes next in 
order. A. A. Adee. 
West Virginia. — Wheeling, Dec. 25th .—The shooting 
tournament which was announced by the Wheeling Rifle 
Club to be held on their range on Christmas was largely 
attended by riflemen from the city and neighboring 
towns. The day was quite stormy, and the fast falling 
snow rendered the bull’s-eye very indistinct. The new 
house lately put up on the range by the club affords good 
shelter, and as the firing is done through a sliding win¬ 
dow it does not matter whether it storms or not. Prof. 
O. E. Dwight carried off the honors of the day, winning 
first prize in three of the four matches in which he shot. 
The Massachusetts target was used, bull’s-eye eight inches 
in diameter with a four inch center, the latter counting 
twelve, and remainder of bull’s-eye eleven, and this down 
to two by rings two and one-fourth inches apart. The 
whole target being four feet by six. The shooting was 
all at two hundred yards and off-hand. The leading 
scores were:— 
First Match.—Amateur’s championship match for club 
members only:— 
Babcock.10 7 9 14 11—48 I Coe. 9 9 7 10 4—39 
Jeaaer.. . 9 7 8 7 10—41 1 Clark.9 3 » 6 7-33 
Second Match. — All comers : — 
Dwight. 9 11 10 10 11—511 Stewart ... 7 13 9 7 6-40 
Babcock . 9 7 13 11 10-49 Clark. 6 8 0 11 9-34 
.leager. 9 9 9 7 9-431 Coe. 8 5 4 0 7—30 
Third Match :— 
Stewart.11 11 9 10 11—53 I .Tones 5 7 9 
.1 coyer.13 6 9 13 3—411 Applegate... 7 8 8 
Began. 8 7 9 8 9—41 I Clark . 11 7 7 
Dwight. 8 7 7 10 8—40 I Babcock.... 4 8 0 
Fourth Match:— 
Dwight. 9 11 10 11 11-53 I Applegate.. 6 11 11 
Babcock,... 8 11 10 10 13-51 Clark. 9 11 4 
Jeager .... 8 10 5 10 13-45 | Shafer.11 7 11 
Fifth Match :— 
Dwight . 8 10 13 9 10-49 I Clark.10 3 10 4 10—37 
Babcook. 8 7 13 9 9-45 \ 
Omo—Cincinnati .—The following is the score made 
by the Cincinnati Shooting and Fishing Club, at Trimpe’s 
Range, in the fourth competition for the Baker Medal. 
Messrs. Weston, Caldwell, Fender and Gindolin in this 
match shot against Messrs. Baum, Henson, Topf and Hall, 
the stakes being a game supper for the club ; the condi¬ 
tions of the match being that the score made in the 
medal match should count for both. As will be seen, 
Weston’s side won by a -score of 574 points against 549 
points made by Baum’s. Distance, 200 yards, off-hand:— 
Mass. Creed. 
W. Caldwell.. 10 0 10 9 10 11 8 11 10 9 13 10 10 9 10-148 63 
M. Gindelin... 8 10 11 9 10 13 12 10 8 10 11 7 9 10 8—145 04 
G. Henson.... 7 7 1111 9 10 10 9 8 10 10 13 9 11 10-144 64 
W. Hall.10 8 8 U 8 9 7 9 8 10 10 11 11 13 10-143 61 
L. Fender. 9 8 9 8 9 10 10 11 12 12 9 10 6 11 7-141 63 
Jos. Weston... 9 11 8 7 10 13 10 9 9 10 13 11 10 5 7—140 63 
D. T. Disnev. 6 10 12 10 9 11 10 9 6 8 9 11 9 10 10—140 01 
O. Topf. 5 8 7 B 11 9 10 11 9 8 10 11 8 9 8—132 62 
T, A. Baum.. . 9 10 7 11 5 11 8 7 10 10 9 9 8 10 7-131 61 
Cincinnati, Jan . 3d.—At the benefit shoot held at 
Trimpe’s Range last week, the following scores were made 
out of a possible 60 points ; re-entries allowed ; 200 yards : 
Massachusetts-Creedmoor target, those using a rest being 
confined to a target reduced for 50 yards J. R. Weston, 
off-hand, 55, a gold scarf-pin ; F. Weiserest, 54, a clock ; 
L, Fender, off-hand, 51, a razor; Kastleliorn, rest, 51, box 
of cigars; M. Gindelin, off-hand, 50, keg of powder ; G. 
Henson, off-hand, 50, muzzle-loading rifle ; Harmes, rest, 
49, silver cup ; W. Caldwell, off-hand, 48, two hundred 
bullets ; F. Varmore, rest, 48, cap extractor ; W. Powell, 
off-hand, 47, a large pound cake ; — Don, rest, 45, clean¬ 
ing rod; J. A. Henoclisberg, rest, 44; C. Kettler, rest, 
32, won a small earthem vase, being special prize given 
for lowest score of the day. A large number of shooters 
were present. 
Score made on the 28th inst, by the Cincinnati Shooting 
and Fishing Club, in their fifth competition for the Baker 
Medal; 200 yards; off-hand; target, Massachusetts- 
Creedmoor :— 
Moss. Creed. 
M. Gindelin...10 10 6 1110 B 9 11 9 10 13 13 1110 9-149 
J. R. Weston..10 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 8 12 7 7 11 10 8—140 
G. Hedson_11 6 7 13 9 10 10 10 9 11 9 10 7 9 11—141 
W, Hall.11 10 11 8 13 6 11 10 9 6 10 10 9 9 9—141 
L. Fender . '9 11 7 6 9 7 9 11 10 10 11 10 10 11 10-141 
W. Campbell..13 9 9 6 11 9 10 11 10 8 10 11 8 9 8—141 
Theo. Baum.. S 9 9 11 11 11 11 11 10 9 H 6 10 8 7—140 
W. Caldwell... 8 10 7 8 10 9 6 9 9 8 7 13 10 10 7—130 
o. Topf. 8 7 9 8 7 0 5 9 1011 6 10 10 10 8—134 
Illinois— Chicago —The business boom has knocked 
the wind out of the rifle clubs hereabouts, and until the 
ethereal mildness of spring time there will not he any 
practice to speak of on the ranges. The galleries are too 
tame for ns old cocks who can’t see any fun in pop guns. 
Lu. 
Louisiana — New Orleans, Dec. 21s#, 1876.—The ninth 
and final competition for the Inter-State Mobile Trophy 
was shot on the range at Froginoor to-day between teams 
of the Washington and Louisiana Field Artillery. The con¬ 
ditions were teams of eight each, military rifles and 
rules, 200 and 500 yards, seven rounds at each range, 
with two sighting shots. The atmosphere was clear and 
bright, light good, and wind somewhat choppy. At the 
LOUISIANA FIELD ARTILLERY. 
200 500 
Yd*. Yds. Total. 
Geschwind. 33 29 01- 
Weiss . 38 33 60 
Bercegay. 31 26 57 
Fortier- . 32 33 65 
Glynn. 29 35 64 
Salleuu. 37 34 51 
Du ml.20 21 41 
Thompson. .... .34 16 40 
Grand total...413 
WASHINGTON ARTILLERY. 
200 500 
Yd*. Yds. Total. 
MiUer. 30 28 58 
8elpli.! 35 32 57 
Arms. 29 20 55 
Dupre.. . 27 24 51 
Charlton. 26 34 50 
Bradford. 26 24 50 
Michael--. 24 22 46 
VlUurubia. 24 19 43 
Grand total.410 
0cW(e m\d Qm\. 
GAME IN SEASON IN JANUARY. 
Hares, brown and gray. Wild duck, geese, brant, etc. 
FOR FLORIDA. 
Deer,Wild Turkey s Woodcoclt, Quail, Snipe, Ducks, and Wild Fowl. 
“ Bay birds ’’geuernlly, including various species of plover, sand 
piper, snipe, curlew, oystcr-eateher, surf birds, plmlaropos, avo- 
cets, etc., coming under the group jAmacotce or Shore Birds. 
ness by which he is supplying the finest guns of foreign 
and domestic manufacture to leading sportsmen in every 
State in the Union, to the fact that he has appealed 
to this class through our columns. We understand 
that he is arranging for a largely increased trade in flue 
breech-loading guns during the coming year, and so grat¬ 
ifying has been the success of the Greener hainmerleSs, 
that he has given orders for the building of 200, and will 
carry a full line in stock of all sizes and grades. 
GAME AND FISH DIRECTORY. 
In seuding reports for the Forest And Stream Directory to 
Game and Fish Resorts, our correspondents are requested to give 
the following particulars, with such other Information as they 
may deem of value; State, Town, County; means of access; Hotel 
and other accommodations; Game and its Season; Fish and Its Sea¬ 
son; Boats, Guides, etc.; Name of person to address;— afterthcfol- 
lowing model New York, Bay Shore, Suffolk County, Loog 
Island. Beached hy Long Island Hailroad, forty miles from Hunt¬ 
er’s Point. Hotel—Prospect House. John S. Rogers, proprietor, $12 
per week. Game—Ducks of all varieties and geese, October 1st to 
May 1st; bay birds, after July 10th; quail, November 1st to Jan¬ 
uary 1st. Fish—Blueflsh, June 1st to November 1st; sea bass, 
kingfish, porgics, and sbeepshead, all summer. Boats, $3 per day. 
Address, John S. Rogers, as above. 
PATTERN TESTS. 
It is impossible to fix upon any one pattern as a stand¬ 
ard by which to guage the shooting qualities of indivi¬ 
dual guns, because, of so wide a diversity in the degree 
Of choke. We have therefore selected the two extremes, 
a cylinder bore and a very full chokebore, and give 
below such patterns as good guns of each class should 
make. Between the two limits of 110 for cylinder and 
240 for extreme choke most of our readers will probably 
find their records to accord with the divergence of their 
guns from these two bores. 
A cylinder bore gun loaded with 1 i oz. No. 7 shot 
should put 110 pellets into a 30-inch circle at 40 yards. 
An extreme choke bore gun, loaded with If oz, of No. 
7 shot should put 240 pellets into a 30-inch circle at 40 
yards, 
A good choke bore, such as we prefer for general shoot¬ 
ing, should put between 180 and 200 jiellets into the same 
circle under the same conditions. There is a golden mean 
in pattern. While a gun that drives its shot packed like 
a bullet requires sure aim, and a big score with it counts 
more than with a scattering chamber, the game is ter¬ 
ribly mutilated and butohered. 
The patterns given above are with the following 
charges of powder ;—■ 
TWELVE BORE. 
64 lbs. to 7 lbs.21 Or. to 3 fir. 
7 lbs. to 71 lbs.3 dr. to 34 dr. 
71 lbs. to 84 lbs.34 dr. to 4 dr. 
TEN BORE. 
74 lbs. to 8 lbs.34 dr. 
8 lbs. to 84 lbs.34 dr. to 4 dr. 
84 lbs. to 9 lbs.4 dr. 
9 lbs. to 104 lbs . 4 dr. to 5 dr. 
—The New Jersey State Sportsman’s Association will 
hold its annual meeting at Osborne’s Hotel, Jersey City 
Heights, to-day at 1 P. M. 
Michigan Venison.— It was before the first of'January 
that we received from Mr. S. A. McLean, of Bay City, a 
saddle of venison from the Michigan woods, a trophy of 
Mr. McLean’s skill with the rifle. May his arm never fal¬ 
ter nor his aim be less t rue. _ 
Cheap Guns.—W a need hardly caution onr readers 
against investing in the $4 guns now advertised so ex¬ 
tensively. The man who puts his money into one of these 
arms puts it where he will never get any return for it. 
In buying a gun deal with first-class, reliable firms, aud 
do not think to get a good arm for a song. The dealers 
in sportsmen’s goods whose names are found in onr col¬ 
umns are all reliable, and an order may be sent to them 
with perfect satisfaction. The cheap guns which are 
given away are either unsafe to handle or else they axe 
old models for which no ammunition can he found. 
—Mr. Henry C, Squires, who has advertised with us 
from the founding of thiB paper, assures us of his appre¬ 
ciation of Forest and Stream as an advertising medium, 
and attributes much of his success in building up a busi- 
HuntinG the Wild Turkey.— The valuable paper on 
the “ Origin of the Wild Turkey,” contributed by Pro¬ 
fessor Elliott Coues to our last issue, is supplemented to¬ 
day hy a sketch of turkey-hunting in Virginia. And 
here is a note from Indianapolis, IniL, under date of Dec. 
30th, which shows that Virginia is by no means alone in 
her abundant supply of these game birds:— 
Our winter is mild. Few quail have been taken, but I 
believe we have a goodly supply for next season's breed¬ 
ing. A few days since one of the men on my farm, 
thirty miles north of heve, while hunting for wild tur¬ 
keys found one hanging in a jungle of oak limbs, where 
several trees had been blown down, just at the edge of 
my corn field. It had evidently been flushed, and in its 
sudden flight had caught its neck and strangled to death. 
Three weeks since, near Spencer, this State, my brother 
killed a large wild gobbler which came from the woods 
into his barnyard to visit his tame turkeys. It weighed 
twenty pounds, and the beard was eight inches long, 
The Florida Party. —If four men do not enjoy the 
next two months it will not be from a lack of fine coun¬ 
try or pleasant companionship. We have the following 
advices from the Florida party recently made up through 
ourselves. The letter is dated at’ Cedar Keys, Deo. 29, 
1879;— 
We leave Cedar Keys to-morrow for a trip down the 
Gulf coast as far as Ten Thousand Islands. Have char¬ 
tered the sloop Sam Johnson, owned hy Mr. E. Faber, 
the great lead-pencil maker. lie owns a large cedar mill 
here, running day and night for the supply of his pencil 
trade. Our outfit is said to be the best ever having left 
Cedar Keys. Our party consists of Dr. A. Ferber, W. 
L. Brooks and H. H. Benedict, of New York ; Thos. C. 
Steel, of Philadelphia; a pilot, a cook, and our setter dog, 
Tom. We will be gone two months and anticipate a good 
time. We have a valuable addition to our party in Dr. 
Ferber, who being an M.D. can administer to our wants 
in case of sickness. Our mail point is at “Punta Rassa,” 
where we get the mail but twice while on onr trip. 
T. C. Steel. 
New Hampshire— Nashua, Jan. 1st, 1880.—Our 
record for the past year shows that while fishermen 
have had more than good luck, hunters have had poorer 
than usual. Trout fishermen brought in magnificent 
strings the past summer, pound and pound and a half 
fish were frequently exhibited by successful anglers. I 
do not hesitate to give onr fish laws full credit for the 
showing ; the law is respected in this vicinity—that is 
to say, as much as any law—and we are a law-abiding 
people. Woodcock shooting has not been good, ouly a 
few good bags have been brought in. Ruffed grouse 
have been scarce. Snares have caught thousands from 
Hillsborough county alone within the past few years. 
We have now a stringent law against snaring, and judg¬ 
ing from tlie scarcity of snares bn the partridge ground 
the past fall, the exterminators of this noble game bird 
have given up their nefarious business, at least for a 
season. 
Pickerel fishing through the ice has commenced in 
good earnest. Good luck has been the rule ; five hun¬ 
dred weight or more have been taken within the past 
fortnight by the lucky ones. Fox and rabbit hunting is 
now in order. Reynard is successful, as usual, in giving 
the boys the “go-by,” but half a dozen this year’s 
brushes attest that he has lost so mafay of his uncles or 
hit aunts through the skill of some of onr friends. 
Webb. 
The Beaver River Club.— Springfield, Mass., Dec. 
SOth, 1879.—The sixth annual re-union and supper of the 
Beaver River Club will beheld at E. C. Barr's, Springfield, 
Mass., Jan. 16th. Frank Bolles, Jr., Sec. 
Foxes and Quail. — Ashfield, Mass., Dec. 22 d, 1879.— 
Foxes are increasing to such an extent in this section that 
unless something is done to check them they will mate¬ 
rially lessen the “bird crop.” I have been shooting 
grouse and woodcock constantly since Sept. 1 st with fair 
success, and have not found a single tick. But judging 
from the piles of feathers I came across, old Reynard is 
getting more than his share, and I hope our law-makers 
at the “ Hub” will not fail to pass a law offering a gen¬ 
erous bounty for the scalps of such game-destroying 
“varmints.” Hares are fairly plenty, and mink, musk¬ 
rat, etc., unusually so. I think there are grouse enough 
left for a fan- stock for another year if the foxes let them 
alone. Ruff. 
Connecticut— Granby, Jan. 5th. —The great northern 
hare, or white rabbit, is very abundant a few miles from 
here, and last Friday my pack of English hare beaglea]ran 
one several hours, when I ended the chase by shooting 
the hare. " A. E. 
New Jersey— Beverly, Dec. 27th, 1879.—New Jersey 
people respect their game laws and observe them as much 
as any other State, consequently wo find good shooting. 
Most of the farmers post their lands, but a polite request 
is as politely granted. More than the usual number of 
quail are left over for another year, especially “ down in 
the pines,” where the cover affords them better protec¬ 
tion. Cover did I say? I mean the “cripple,” or the 
“spung.” That’s where the native Jerseyman hunts for 
quail. We found several coveys of quail in the “Big 
Gum Spung.” Christmas day we bagged several wood¬ 
cock, one weighing nine ounces. Seven and eight ounces 
are very common at this late season. To see these fat 
noble birds ought to extinguish any desire one may have 
to shoot the poor little tilings in July and August. May 
their numbers increase. But we hope and pray in vain, 
unless the close time is extended, Down-Easter. 
