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-the offices designated; A. Deroux, President; F. Que- 
Veite, Vice-PreBident; J. Philpot, Secretary ; C. J. Day, 
'.Treasurer ; A. Cardona, Jr., Captain. The club proposes 
to keep the interest of its members excited by haring pe¬ 
riodical matches for handsome prizes. 
Ohio— Cincinnati, Jan. 9th. —The following is the score 
of a shooting match made on the above date by four mem¬ 
bers of the C. S. and F. Club, Messrs. Koch and Whet¬ 
stone shooting against Messrs. Caldwell and Disney. The 
birds were picked for the occasion, and were a rare lot, 
During the match the wind blew a gale ;— 
Fords. 
H.J.Kooh.. ..20 10111010II1011 1-11 
J. C. Whetstone 31 00101010111010 0-7 
Total..18 
W. Caldwell.... 30 111111 1 10 0 0 011 0—10 
D. T. Disney. 21 11111101001011 1—11 
Total,-.31 C. 
Indiana.— Cloverdale, Jan. 19th. — To the citizens of this 
quiet little burg and surrounding country, January 17th 
was a gala day, the occasion of which was a grand fox 
drive. The area enclosed was four miles square. At 10 
a. m. the lines were formed, and the hunterB advanced 
with the firing of cannon. They continued to advance 
until one-fourtli mile apart, when dogs were turned 
loose. One poor reynard was soon brought to grief, the 
the rest (four or five) made good their escape by breaking 
through a weak place in the lines. 
Our season for quail shooting closed January 1st. The 
number killed was far below the average, owing to the 
drouth in the early part of the season, and the continued 
rains in the latter part of it. If nothing happens then we 
will have a bountiful supply next year. Rabbits are very 
plenty, and may be bad for the walking, as every brush- 
heap and briar-patch reveals one. B. B. 
Point Monica Shooting Club.— The officers of the club 
for the coming year ale : President, W, C. Colburn, De¬ 
troit ; Yice-President, W. C. Dennis, Grand Bapids ; Sec¬ 
retary and Treasurer, E. H. Gillman, Detroit; Directors, 
W. C, Colburn, W. C, Dennis, E. H. Gillman, E. C. 
Nichols and T. W. Edwards. 
Texas— Cleburne, Jan. 20th. — As a lover of legitimate 
sports, I wish to report the organization on Jan. 20th of 
the Cleburne Gun Club with, twenty-one members :— A. 
J. Cowley, President; Charlie Gunn, Vice-President ; 
W. W. Styron, Secretary. F. P. Pendery, Treasurer. 
We are advocates of protective game laws and their 
strict enforcement. Izaak. 
The Auxiliary Rifle Barrel. — Philadelphia, Penn., 
Bee. 20th, 1870. — Editor Forest and Stream. — Having 
just returned from my annual trip to North Carolina, 
Virginia and West Virginia, wild turkey, duck and bird 
shooting, and where I found plenty of all kinds of game, 
I wish to compliment the manufacturers of the Shelton 
auxiliary rifle to breech-loading shot gun. It certainly 
is the most complete arrangement in the world, and 
no sportsman has a complete outfit without the auxiliary. 
I speak from personal experience, and not from hearsay. 
It is safe, very accurate, and shoots with great power. 
I killed live wild turkeys in succession, besides many 
ducks and geese, at long distances ; for deer and heavy 
game it must be invaluable. Sportsmen who are unac¬ 
quainted with the arm I advise to try it. I would not 
take $100 for mine if I could not get another. Although 
I am an entire stranger to the manufacturers I take plea¬ 
sure in highly praising them in their efforts to place 
before the sportsmen such a device, and must say it 
merits all that they claim, S. J. Stewart, 
Buck Shot in Choke Bores.— Macon, Mo„ Jan. 181/*, 
—As I never see any tiling from this part of the country in 
your valuable paper, I have concluded to try my fist. The 
Forest and Stream is handed to me every Saturday by 
our newsdealer, and is always acceptable. I quit smoking 
and drinking in order to be able to take your paper, and 
am well satisfied that the change has done me good. I 
take a great interest in sporting matters, and am always 
ready to discuss anything pertaining to shooting, andfeel 
satisfied tliat through discussion we learn a great deal. I 
have just read with some interest the article of “R. T." 
in last issue about loading choke bore with buckshot, and 
feel like giving my experience. Three and a half drachms 
of powder is not enough for a load of buckshot; four and 
a quarter drachms for a 12 -bore, and five drachms for a 10 - 
bore is the proper load of powder. My method of loading 
a choke bore with buckshot is this : Put in five drachms 
of Orange ducking powder No. 4, with two pink-edge 
wads lightly on powder, then put in a chamber of shot 
that chambers nicely at muzzle, then put on a Baldwin 
wad, then another chamber of shot, and another Baldwiu 
wad, and another chamber of shot, with a cardboard wad 
on top, turn down shell nicely, and you have a load that 
will stop an old buck at seventy-five yards, The above is 
the wav I load for a No. 10 ten-pound gun, full choke, by 
W. & C. Scott & Sons, of Birmingham, it is not ma¬ 
terial whether the shot chamber with one in center or 
just in a ring around inside of shell. Let us hear from 
others. Border Ruffian. 
New York— Gansevoort, Jan. 19th. — I notice com¬ 
munication of “ R. T,” in last issue on chambering buck¬ 
shot. As the subject seems to be of general interest, I 
a in led to give the plans I have adopted, which are the 
result of quite exhaustive experiments. 
I have found that diffei-ent guns require different treat¬ 
ment, one Bystem giving best results in one, and another 
in another, and it is always advisable to humor the 
i liosyncracies of each to a certain extent. I have tried 
the plan, recommended by “ R. T.," and have found it 
far superior to the common method of tumbling the shot 
into the shell promiscuously. The principal objection to 
it is the impossibility of using a pellet cf sufficient size 
for big game, that is, unless one happens to be using a 
gun with a mouth like a stump orator. With choke 
bores, when the shot is chambered in the shell the gun is 
more liable to lead, I think, and I also think when the 
shot is chambered tight back of the choke they have a 
tendency to strain the gun at the muzzle, notwithstanding 
the fact of the unoccupied space iu the centre. 
I have secured most satisfactory results by using a size 
of shot three of which chambered at muzzle, charging 
with three layers, or nine shot. I legard this size as best 
adapted to the “speedy taking olf” of deer, bear, or other 
large game. A card-board wad between each layer will 
produce more uniform results, I used this charge in 
Michigan last season in a 12-bore Fox, killing a buck at 
seventy-three paces, and an old doe at eighty-six paces, 
knocking both down dead in then- tracks. It would seem 
as if such work should satisfy the most exacting. But 
when extreme closeness of pattern is desired, it is best to 
adout the following plan : Select the Bize of shot to he 
used, which should chamber snugly at muzzle; then take 
a wad (black edge will do), and punch as many holes in it 
as there are shot in each layer, iu such position thatwhen 
the shot are in position in the muzzle, and the wad placed 
on top, the centre of each shot will be directly under the 
centre of the corresponding hole. Punch a lot of these 
wads, using the first as a pattern. If the larger sizes of 
shot are used, a punch making a hole one-quarter inch in 
diameter should be used. Now charge your shells, 
putting on powder first, a pink edge, then a punched wad. 
Drop in a layer of shot, being careful to have them take, 
their proper positions in the holes. Place another punched 
wad on top, holes squarely over shot, and so on, using any 
tight-fitting wad that will hold the shot firmly in position 
on last layer. You now have a load every shot of which 
will go with the precision of a tight-fitting bullet from a 
smooth bore. All that is necessary, in order to secure the 
best work of which the shot gun is capable, is care in pre¬ 
paring the cartridges. Jos. W. SHORTER. 
Sweepstakes; same handicap; $3 entrance; purse divided 
10,30, 20, and 10 per cent,; 5 birds; class shooting; — 
Beach.. 10 0 1 1-3 ! Wilhelm.0 1 0 
Carlin.1 o 1 1 1—1 
Lee.. .0 0 0 0 0-0 
Angel.1 I 0 0 0-2 
Hoagland. 110 1 1—4 
Lockwood. 1111 0—4 
Rubert.1 1 0 0 0—3 
Whipple. ,0 10 1 1-3 
Mulliken. 1110 1—4 
In tbu shoot off Wilber 
.10 1 
0 0-1 
1 1-5 
.., _ . 1 1—4 
Rumsey.0 0 0 1 1—8 
.1, Fisher .1 l 1 1 1—B 
Carpenter.1 1 1 0 1—4 
■I. Holt....... 0 0 0 0 0-0 
E. Fisher. ..-1 0 11 0-3 
Wilcox.1 1 1 1 0-4 
first money; Jewett and Hoagland 
divided sooond ; C. Fisher won third, and'liubei't fourth. 
Next sweepstake ; $2 entrance ; divided 40, 30, 20, and 10 per 
cent.; same handicap ; 5 single birds; class shooting 
J. Fisher.1 0 1 1 1—4 Wilbor.0 111 0—8 
Hubert:.0 0 0 0 0—0 Beach.0 1 0 1 0—8 
Hoaglaud. 1 1 1 0 0—3 Mulliken . 1 1 0 1 1—4 
J. Holt.J 111 0-4 Lee. 1 0 0 0 1-2 
Carlin. 11111-5 Cook . 0 0 0 0 0-0 
Angel.1 0 1 0 0-3 Tanner.0 0 0 0 0-0 
E. Fisher. 1 1 1 1 0-4 Hutusey . 1 1 0 1 1—4 
Carpenter.I 10 0 1—3 Jewett.1 1 1 I 1-5 
Lockwood.0 110 1—3 Whipple . 1 1 1 0 1—4 
In the shoot off Jewett won first; the two Fishers and Rumsey 
divided second ; Wilber won third, and Beach won fourth. 
This being the day for the regular semi-monthly contest for 
Glass-Ball Gold Badge, it was now called on with the following 
scores from leads ; rotary trap ; 10 bulls each ; 18 yardB rise. J ew- 
ett having won the badge twice In succession, it now behooved 
the boys to don their shooting caps. The following is the score :— 
SHOOTING MATCHES. 
Long Island—B rooklyn Driving ParK, Jan. 31st.— Seventh ... 
erage handicap contest of the Fountain Gun Club. The condi¬ 
tions were as follows: The member making the best average score 
iu twelve contests (one year) to be the winner of u Parker gun ; 
a silver pitcher and a silver goblet to the second and third best 
average scores respectively ; 7 birds each ; each to shoot 3 birds at 
21 yards rise, 3 birds at 3# yards, and 3 birds at 30 yards; SO yards 
boundary ; from two plunge traps; li ounces of shot; the use of 
one barrel of the gun allowed 
Wingert. 0 11110 II Pike. 1 
Conover. 0 1110 1 1 Lem ken. 1 
Hunter,_.1 10 111 0 I Van Wicklen . 0 
Foote . 0 110 10 1 I Smith ........ 0 
Slane.1 1 0 0 0 1 l| 
Sweepstakes, $2 entrance; at 3 birds each; 25 yards rise, from H 
and T traps 
Batty.. 
Wingert.. 
Conover 
Pares.... 
Lemken.. 
.10 111 
.110 11 
.10 10 1 
.110 0 1 
. 110-01 
Brown. 1 0 0 
Jones.1 0 0 
Smith.... . 1 1 0 
Cherry. 0 0 0 
1 0 
Long Island Shooting Oluu.— The annual meeting of the Long 
Island Shooting Club was held last week, with a large attendance of 
members. The Secretary's report showed sixty-eight active and 
eleven honorary members on the roll. Twenty-three shooting 
contests had been held during the year—twelve for a gun pre¬ 
sented by the President, Mr. A. Eddv, which was finally won by 
Mr. W. Wynn, who won it three times out of twelve. There were 
eleven championship eup contests, the cup remaining the prop¬ 
erty of the club, the winner in each contest receiving $35 from 
the club. In thetwenty-three contests 2,629birds weresbotatand 
1,929 killed—an average of 73.37. The officers elected were : Pres¬ 
ident, Mr. W. Wynn; Vioe-President, Mr. G. F. Gildersleeve ; 
Treasurer, Mr. R. Robinson: Secretary, Mr. John Henry ; Execu¬ 
tive Board, Messrs. J. Ackhurst, J. 1>. W. Turner and R. Midmer. 
A sufficient stun was appropriated for the purchase of a valuable 
gun for competition during the ensuing year, and a committee was 
appointed to meet and cooperate with committees from other 
clubs on Long Island, with a view of securing a meeting of the 
New York State Association for 1881 in Kings County. 
New Jersey— Brbe's Shooting Gh'ounds, nearZFe warlc, Jan. 21st: 
—Pigeon match of $100 ; 25 birds each : 30 yards rise ; 80 yards 
boundary ; trap and handle; Long Island rules :— 
Francis..1 01 1 100 00Q10 0 11 I 0 110 0 111 0-0 11 15 
Hughes. 0 11010110101001001110110 0-0 00 13 
Jersey City Heights vs. Essex Gun Club.— An invitation 
having been extended by the Essex Gun Club of Newark to the 
Jersey City Heights Gun Club, fora frieudly match at the traps, 
it was promptly accepted ; the same to bo as lollows: 15 men each 
club, at 10 birds each, Essex Club rules (which we understand 
allow the use of both barrels, hut the bird must be on the wing 
each shot) ; the match to come off at Essex Club Grounds, Bib’s 
Hotel, Newark, N. J., Feb. 4th, at i P.M. As the best shots have 
been selected from each club, and both clubs nave good reputa¬ 
tions, a close time is expected. 
Port Morris, Jan■ ZUh.— Glass-ball match on the Knickerbocker 
Yacht Club Grounds for the Gun Club Medal ; 16 bails ; rotary 
trap; 25 yards. The scores were very poor, owing to the hard¬ 
ness of the balls used, many of which had a half-dozen shot marks 
on them, and still were not broken. The following is the score:— 
T. N. Jacques, 7; W. Potter, Jr., 7 : F. Chedsay, 7 ; A. A. French, 
4; A. IS. Miller, 3. In shooting off the tie at live bails Jacques 
broke 4; Potter, 3, and Chedsay, 2. The medal will be held by 
Mr. Jacques until the next shoot on Feb. 23d. 
Pennsylvania— CoUamcr, Chester Countu, Jttn. ISlMi.—The Colla- 
merRodand Gnn Club held a glass-ball shoot ou Saturday the 
17th inst., in which the membei s and a few invited gnests, among 
whom were Messrs. Pownall, MoNiss, and A. P. Broornell, of Chris¬ 
tiana, Lancaster Co., Pa., participated. The conditions of the 
shoot were 24 yards rise, 16 balls, li ounce shot; balls to be broken 
in air. Bogardus' rules only tended to confirm the superiority of 
choke-bores over cylinders. The balls were invariably broken 
from 45 to 65 yards from the shooter. A I though several very fine 
cylinders were iu the shoot, they could not cope with the choke- 
bores whioh were used by Messrs. Pownall, McNiss, and Houston, 
their guns breaking halls with No. 8 chilled shot 75 yards distant. 
Messrs. Pownall and Houston tied on thirteen halls— then they 
each broke ten balls straight, deferring the shoot off. Team of 
four each were then selected, consisting of Pownall, McNiss, 
Broomed, and Miller, of Christiana: and Houston, Durmill, Gill, 
and White, of CoUamer; each n.un five balls. Houston's Collamer 
team beat Pownail’s Christiana team two hails the first shoot. 
Another trial, satso teams and rules, Pownali’s team beat Hous¬ 
ton’s three balls, nearly all of the shooters making full scores at 
15 yards rise. 
Howell Shooting Club.— Powell, Mich., Jan. 17th.—The How¬ 
ell Shooting Club inaugurated the new year with a day's sport at 
the traps Jan. 16th. The wea tlier was all that could be desired, 
the skv was slightly Bhaded with light clouds, and a mild, soft 
breeze blew across the traps. The birds were declared bv all pres¬ 
ent the strongest ever offered to the boys. The shooting began 
at 10 A. it.from plunge. traps, 80 yards boundary; Detroit Gun 
Club rules; handicap rise. First match for a number of prizes 
offered by the olub ; not class shooting; 6 single birds 
Yards. 
E. F. Mulliken ... 
11. H. Hubert. 
Jumes Fisher. 
H. W. JlCiioli... . 
E. Carpenter. . 
J. M. floagland.. 
F. J. Lee. 
It. H. Itumsey. . 
J. Cook. 
Jewett . 
H. Whipple. 
E. Fisher. 
C. Wilcox. 
E. G. Angel. 
Will Carlin. 
B. Fisher. 
Ira Holt. 
Jud Holt. 
Wilhelm. 
H. D. Wilber.. 
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0 1 1 1 0 0-3 
00010 0—1 
100110-3 
1 0 0 0 1 Q-3 
0 0 0 0 1 o-l 
10110 0—3 
110111-5 
' • 0 1-2 
1 1-6 
1 0-3 
110 10 1—4 
101100-8 
1 1 I 1 0 0—4 
011111-5 
110110—4 
0 0 111 0-3 
01000 1—2 
1 1 1 1 0 0-4 
----- 0-3 
10 0 0 
1111 
Nine prizes having been offered by the club, the nine highest 
scores then proceeded to shoot off, with the following result .— 
Jewett: getting first, a Silver Cake Basket, value $10; (Jarlm soo¬ 
ond, $8.50 worth of ammunition, to beseLected by winner: third, 
1 Pound Choice Flour to Rumsey; fourth, $600 worth of Grocer¬ 
ies, to be selected by winner; fifth, 1 Dozen Rogers Plated 
Knives on Steel; sixth, 1 Pair Calf Boots; seventh, 1 String Silver 
Plated Sleigh Bells; eighth, 1 Fanoy Pocketkuife; ninth, 1 Silver 
Dollar, 
I leach . 
Wilcox.. 
Hubert . 
Mulliken. 
Carlin. . . 
Hoagland.. 
Rumsey. 
Wilhelm . 
J. Holt. 
J. Holt. 
Whipple. 
Wilber.. 
B. Fisher. 
Angel.. 
E. Fisher.] 
Carpenter . 
J. Fisher..” ' 
Lockwood. 
Tanner. 
Cook. . . 
Shoot off; 5 balls each; 21 yards 
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.Tewelt.1 1 l i 1-51 Wilber. ... ] 
Beach.. — 1 0 w I Ano-m. i 
Hoagland.1 111 0—4 | E. Fisher'..i 
Rumsey. i i i i i-5.j.Fisimr....:::: J 
Second tie ; 5 balls; 31 yards 
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THE QUESTION OF BOWS, 
A ROHERY is in its experimental stage. Of ten men 
a”V and women who draw the bow nine are tyros, and 
of these nine, eight will argue pro and con about a cer¬ 
tain make of bow. The same inventive genius, mechan¬ 
ical skifl and crucial testing which have been employed 
in the manufacture and use of American firearms are 
now brought into play in American archery goods. 
The magnitude of the movement among our manufac¬ 
turers of sportsmen's goods to meet the sudden demand 
for bows which foUowed the enthusiasm invited by Mr. 
Thompson's writings, has been little appreciated even by 
those who have watched it with the keenest interest. 
Given the required qualities of a perfect bow, our differ¬ 
ent manufacturers have promptly set themselves at 
work to solve the problem of supplying the article. 
Two American-made bows are already in the field. 
The goods of English makers have also found a large 
market here, and archers are found who uphold the for¬ 
eign goods against the domestic. 
As the question of bows is one which is in the experi¬ 
mental stage of archery full of interest, we have allowed 
the fullest expression of opinion from such practical arch¬ 
ers as we have thought capable of expressing an opinion 
worthy of consideration. Our object has been not to 
allow the goods of one maker to be unduly puffed by 
interested par-ties, nor the goods of another unjustly dis¬ 
paraged. As a rule the authors of the letters, which have 
appeared from time to time in these columns, have been 
known to us as archers who were best fitted to discuss 
the various topics. The name of every correspondent 
whose letter appears over a noun de plume or initial is 
knowu to ourselves, and carries with it the assurance that 
the writer is honest in hia convictions. This may be, 
we trust, a sufficient answer to a Chicago reader, who 
writes:— 
Allow me to enter my protest against the too frequent free 
advertising which some of your correspondents indulge in. I 
refer more particularly to the communication of “N. K. D.”' in 
yours of January 8th and a reply thereto hy “ W. H." in your 
paper of January 15th. 
Why is " N. K. D." 60 persistent? * * * We notice he never 
givesany of his awn scores. Why is this? Is he not an archer? 
He always gives us Dr. Weston's scores and a good deal of infor¬ 
mation about; him, and well he may, for this is lust what the 
younger archers wish to know—what the finer archers are scoring 
and how they shoot. 
There is a bit of fun just here which we might enjoy at 
the writer’s expense had not “N. K. D." anticipated us 
by coming forth from his Castle Incog, to fight his battles 
in his own person, 
The following letter we publish, because it is due to Dr. 
Weston that he should have an opportunity of substan¬ 
tiating former statements which have been called into. 
