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FOREST AND STREAM. 



195 



$ifl$ and ^{np ^hooting. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



GEN. HANCOCK ON RIFLE SHOOTING. 



GOVBRXOK'S ISLANP, N. Y. 11., Sept. 20, 1S81. 

 Clen'rnl Henri, /.. Abbot, Communduv) Battalion of Kiujineern, Wilder'* 

 }':1«t, X. r. 11.. 



General: I send j ou herewith the "Traver's Badge' —the first 

 prize in the skirmishing match at CreeUmoor— which was won by 

 Prjvate John Cavanagb, of your command. 



This march Is one In which 1 take a special Interest as Introducing 

 a new departure lnrine matches. While giving the credit thai l- due 

 to the compel llors in I hose contests In which the shooting is done de- 

 liberately, and at fixed dislnnoes(in which so much skill has becndls- 

 playcdai i he. recent meeting or the National Klfle Association), II 

 must he remerahered that this expertness, to ho useful to the soldier, 

 should be accompanied with Hie ability 10 rapidly aud accurately OS 

 Umate ihe distance which separates him from his mark, and to 

 at once adjust his aim accordingly. The object of the National Rtflfl 

 Association is to Increase ihe military stiengih of the country, by 

 making skill In the use of arms as prevalent as It was In I he d J - ■ r 

 the Revolution, when it did so much tow aid preserving the liberties 

 of U»o country. That proportional value la at the present day to be 

 a.-cri'icit i'M'(iiP.siin:,iliii'j skill m amis Is sinklngiy shown In the 

 victories recent lv obtained by the riflemen of south Attica over dis- 

 ciplined regular troops. Uocognlzlng these facts me preset) 1 match 

 was established by the National Klfle Association to develop, both in 

 the Army and In the National Guard of the country. a:i Interest Iq the 

 kind of .-n. wiling be-t suited in war, anil I am pleased to see an lnler- 

 been displayed In It, which will. I mink, cause It to prove 

 eventually attractive, aud bj stimulating practice in this kind or 

 shooting to Increase the etllclency ol the National Guard and the 



li wa 



lngper 



was an 



i ih.-i 



e to you with (he request that you 

 lagh, Its winner, In from of his batial- 

 hitn and to his ollleers aud comrades 

 lecess, as well as the pleasure I feel in 

 show that It can hold Its own In 



r cry respectfully, yo 



DISCUSSING RIFLE TOPICS. 



IN connection with the recent meeting o£ the Dominion Rifle As- 

 sociation time was round tor a discussion of a number of subjects 

 lonneetcd with ihe sport, un the English ranges any position Is al- 

 o.-.e i : i .; . ■ . i id BhooHng has iiassed away In great 



neasure. in Canada the back position Is prohibited. A proposition 

 s ot the Wimbledon from Canada to one trip In rive 



i ■ i lie meeting which was held on the Kldeau 

 . i'J-Ii be me In Lnglaiid when I lie rule 

 load In the' Wimbledon team was adopted, nothing' 

 renter plea aire. He Cell ihen thai he was not the 

 i eight ••'• t'-ii sh its, but of the whole Dominion, and 

 nen should have the same opportunity as the older 

 ernment aid was not given merely f- ir the purpoa • or 

 ap a leap bul as in asBlsl mc i In glv ...• the men In 

 un an opportunity to see Wimbledon common, where 

 learned, and no rifleman who had been there had 

 .-■•iii-i n. :ie. These wore hi-, re isons lor aoqutescing 

 :s. lull ■ vlng a.s in' did Unit, the young men could— 

 ately the necessity arise -shoot to the, best possible 

 rus Intended to ask the National Klfle Association i" 



ame restrictions being enforced with regard to the 



selection oi their team, and no doubt the repr esentatlons i i the 

 Donilnlnii Klfle Association would be favorably entertained and 

 agreed to. 

 rapt. Mason, of Hamilton, wanted the best team to go to j ; 1 1 ■ ■ . ■ 



to bring bad; th" Kolapore cur, aud oilier pri :,". , ucil i fia.i If 



there was n deicrtirailnn in ihe teams sen! to England there would 

 necessarily follow a decreasing interest lu the achievement and per- 

 formance oi the team. 



On a vole being taken it was resolved to adhere to the rule of ex- 

 cluding the old team men and encouraging the young shots. 



dipt. Ellis brought up the question oi a resumption of the back 

 poslilon In firing. 



Col Gzowskl 3ald this was a point he had fully considered. He had 

 no hesitation in saying that this position was of no practical use, as 

 had been Aiwn bv late dev, Inpmeni -, especially In t he rcccni Zulu and 

 Boer wars, and that, li would be eventually abandoned at Wimbledon. 

 tie lias decided thai Ids cup competition should be shot tor sti 



to Mil! 



i .:, ■ il 



about the ue -v b 



Inn] given hiing 



thai the young i 

 Bbols. The Gov 

 winning the Kol 

 tue I "' diaii : 

 much was to be 



lair d I I pick Q] 



in iii-s menauri 

 should untortun 

 Hdvaiitige. Hi 

 consent io Hies 



the 1 . 

 shooting, and v 

 ere, to which cl 



'They should mi 

 National Rifle 

 positions. 



luge. The old back system was only good for money 

 'S going rapidly out of use, except among pot-hunt- 

 she hoped none of them belonged. Canadian rtfle- 

 autlon in England ot being good rifle-shoot lug men. 

 ii an this title. They would llud that In future the 

 jssoclatlon would give many prizes for standing 



sley referred to the necessity of standing positions 

 In order to be effective against such men as the Zulus and Boers. 



Artern recess the discos-ion was renewed, and It was moved by 

 Cajit. Kill.s. -,• ond-l by Paymaster O'Grady, " That In the opinion of 

 this ineciiiig, so long as Hie back position is allowed at Wimbledon, 

 It should not be disallowed In tuc matches of the Dominion Kifle As- 

 s:» ration." 



Capt, Mason, of Hamilton, contended that no reason could be given 



for a 

 time w 

 nui ice a 

 condiie 

 should 

 Capt. 

 were not sangu 



.his sty ie or shooting, and claimed that much valuable 

 e obstacles thereof, aud called attention to the 

 inner In which the present meeting was being 

 >t in keeping with the military position, and 



ut that the advocates ot the back position 

 being generally used, but on the contrary it 

 was fast coming Into disuse lie argued that the be it results could 

 not be obtained In this style of shooting, but that the advocates or it 

 could not be blamed, as It offered them a most comfortable position 

 and would allow uiem to go to sleep. 



A Member— Use » sand-gl is-. 



Sergt. McLaughlin, iMth Battalion, said that the association could 

 Buarnagalnstauy uiiiiec,'ssai.\ iliii!- b,:ing lost through the delay in 

 firing ot competitors who choose to shool In Che back po-liion. H was 

 an unquestionable tin-l that in England three-flfths of the riflemen 

 who carry off the principal prizes at Wimbledon occupied the back 

 position, and he thought It unfair to compel the Canadian volunteers 

 tondopl a dllf-.Tem -.isiein. He, as well as other rlllemen, had been 

 pained ' ' 



hunting m, 











se who favored the allowance of 



fhla posltl 













meeiings I; 













the contra 













Would illei 













Hon of a sc 











id to the lire of the enemy, and 



pointed oui 











was allowed had been cipi:iilv In 



operation ;. 























t opinion In England In regard 



tO the ll.l.l 











yeperlenco of late wans, aud it 













!ssof the most prominent officers 



there, lie 











i- Mm to Which object ion had 



been takeu 











to all those who came here, but 



to mat el.,.- 











was to win money. lie would 



not undcll 











>ment made relative to the ex- 



!' 











• that same oi them 



made ten t 







"' 





issured them that trie uaxl pro. 



grsunine oi 



tun 



Natlona 



1. 





iilaon would contain many e ,m- 



pel ltlons id 

 prone. 



Lieut, if 



be fired lor 



a 



standing 



uul kneeling positions, as well as 



rtt. 



N. U. Et 



Cl 



leers, arg 



red that. It was desirable to allow 



the use oi i 







ill 



n, Urslly, 



because n would have a lend- 



ency toeni 









attendance or competitors, and secondly 



haoauso ii 









Wimbledon. He claimed that although 



the N8 I'M 









ion wlgh 



aai bs better qualified to Judge 



OX What W.i 



s ill 



1 proper 







ring, It certainly was in r--g ,ru 



as to what 





b st io 









Capt. Ma 













rangemeni 



shi 



i 



■ M 





i.ior^ firing In this 



. j,Ii|„n siioulu i 



that Class, as he bad many lliu 



occasioned by the report of a b; 



ear. 



The resolution was then put t 

 pnajorlty. 



the meeting and carried by a large 



lowing 



I (Ola Its 



shots, s 

 Mi'Moia 



ieur Rifle Club had one ot their 



d: N n Word' 92, L 

 ellls3. The Irish-Atuei-lcan Klfle 





and - 



ion Marksi 

 tig tills re, 



155, 1- !• Milieu -a, T ,) 

 ierof the club's best 

 inrke, A.i iinwi.-n, P 

 liy and others were 

 e Twelfth Regiment, 



3 Badge tbrt 



Hie 



I dm 



un, 



ntg. 



esent 

 seaeon, and the uaoge must again ee awarded to sergeant Dolan, as 

 It was last year. Be has also won the Secretary's Match rour times 

 tn succession, and cannot be beaten tor the prize, which is $100, he- 

 Lwoen now and the end of the shooting season, so that he will carry 

 afl this honor also. 



ALBANY, sept. Si.-l'-orlliepasi tin 

 Rensselaerwyck have been suspended, 

 sumed. The weather had been threatei 

 when the tune lor Hie shooting to ci 

 falling. The dark clouds and Hi- mists 

 tiuct, while the moist atmosphere pn 

 f oiii drying, and the bullseye, which 

 black, looked ragged anil gr.i.v. 'I he pi 

 the tenth competition in tne wlnchesie 

 Hon was shot in July. 1880. It v\a» lute 

 tary men and give them a competition 

 equal grouuds, as It. was to be shot for 

 usual unman distances; strange toci 

 two exceptions, have taken no Interes 



Oils eiiinprllliOUS, as Hull uf bi-dny, 



te.stauts io be small-bore men, who only 

 rifle. The renewing u,.'i" ,. 



H R bpclmau, Jr, S M B 4 4 5 B-2D 



Wm K Kitch. S M 5 6 S 3 6—23 



QQl In ever. KM .....4 4 3 4 4—19 



C G Wendell, s A3 4 44 5 3—20 



ee weeks the competitions at 

 This afternoon they were re- 

 ilng during the morning, and 

 nnnence arrived ihe i.un was 



t has Iliiaus, SM . 

 JasI Miles, SJI.. 

 T Wooster, )•: M.. 



manner, Two full sc< 

 total at one time wh; 

 the prize list- The fol 

 Wm E Fitch, Bal S. . 

 ChasH Galls, Bal S... 

 Leonard Geiger, R .s.. 

 s 1 Miles, Bal 8 . 



..4 5 4 5 4—22 



4 4 6 4 6— '2'.' 



5 ^ II 4 5— '.'II 



W Est 

 Dui 



id, Bal 



eyes in suci 

 best score 

 follows : G 

 NextTnu 

 prove pleas 

 are anticipated. 



MASSACHUSETTS vs. DEMEKABA. 

 Demerara Rifle Association a i i.e,,,ge ,,v 

 Aug. 27, in competition with a team ot t 

 Rifle Association, have arrived bv ms 

 British team shot with the Martinl-'llenr 

 service, but lallea to reach Hie scores l 

 by 19 points. The secretary or the Di 

 "We have made anything but a brill 

 being very trying ana the wind un^tead 

 season they would like to re j k i the m . , 



30f) yds. 

 J A Murdoch 5114345.5— 29 



SOI) yds. 



9 a , a .1—26-48 

 f> 5 4 5 2-21—44 

 ft 5 5 5 3-23 — 12 



4 4 5 4 5—22 -42 

 4M; 5—20— ii 



5 5 4 3 2—19—11 

 3 9 1 3 0— .0-30 



sier match, one of the 

 Shot li Hie shooting 

 e than so In the sun- 

 were at home, and In 

 .he bullseye in a royal 

 . Consequent!} 23, a 

 ■uiiint . was shut out of 



a:,-.-,.-,--.:, t' E Wendell, S M 54541—22 



.r..-„->'.-.— 21 T WOOStCr, Hal S... 44445—21 



..M..-.45— 24 11 K Spelniail, Jr. S M... .44514 -21 



•lair,-,-;:; Royal i Green, Bal S 44544—21 



t 200 yards Gapt Fitch made thirteen bulls- 

 i total of 74 oui of the possible 75 polnts-lhe 

 3 ever made in the range, the score being as 



F A C'ouyei . . . 



,J Park 



A CReeder ... 

 a Thomson... 



J Hallway 



R D Murdock . 

 N Atkinson... 

 J Stew 



r-i 45534— 3u 



2454454 -IS, 



3445454—29 



3553444— 2S 



35524S4— 25 



4364554 -3U 



4545553—31 



3151445— 25 



W P stackinan 3451415—29 



ftiHi yds. 



Ml — 



3544455—80 

 4533315—27 

 4535553—30 

 44.(4322—23 

 3224453—23 

 36:14432-24 

 4534341—27 

 463434-1—27 



:es stood : 

 600 yds. 



532J35i—: 

 4541:3^5— ', 

 4322oi5 

 324523;,— ' 

 5334H25- 

 5324455- 

 35 12325—! 

 43U1225-! 

 24252 III— 

 2425245 — 



-27— sy 

 -25— ;3 

 ■23— Si 

 -24—80 

 22— so 

 ■2S— 77 

 -24—77 

 •20—7.5 

 -13-75 

 -19—75 



Mass Rifle Association.. . 



Recapitulation. 



Deni 



t Rifle Association . . . . 7ss 



BOSTON, Mass., Oct. l.-A strong nine o'clock wind but. good light 

 were the conditions at Walnut till range to-day. The at tendance 

 was small, and the hcor. s made hardly up 10 the average. Company 

 D, lBtlnlantry; w;is represented by a squad of men who practiced at 

 200 yards. The best records of the day are appended : 

 sharpshooters' Match, 



•IN Frye 12 9 11 12 12 11 u 12 12 12—114 



JNlchols IU 9 11 9 10 9 11 12 12 12—102 



<: Carter s 10 12 9 12 9 9 10 11 9—102 



B.i Foster s 11 9 12 9 9 10 9 11 10—97 



J S Smith 10 11 a 9 9 10 12 10 9— 9T 



BAnson 11 11 10 9 S s 10 11 S 9—95 



Handicap Hatch. 



J N Frye 6446555515 — IT B Anson 5454545451— 45 



MAMMOTH KIFLE G ALLEKY.— Boston, Sept. 30.— The shOOIlng at 

 this famous gallery ha.-, been very good this week : some very Une 

 real e.-, ba vi- been made. Mr. F. J Kabbeth leads jln the pistol match 

 with the lino score of 244 In .1 possible i-s. J. H. Williams follows 

 with 229. Wm. B. Eaton a good third, 221. 



THE TRAP. 



LIGOWSKY CLAY PIGEON.— The following scores were made at a 



lay pigeon rnar.ch held by the Southern IIL Sportsman Association, 



Snpl. as, at Central! a, 111 Entrance $5, purse $70; 2 double rises: 



11 10 -8 Great-., 00 m— 1 



11 li— 1 Forsyth 11 01— 3 



ni 11—8 Beta 01 01—2 



Sylvester. 00 11—2 K.eni, 10 11—3 



Jopilu n ni—2 Condit 11 01 — 3 



Kaumar 01 01-2 Edwards 11 11—4 



Weinberg 11 11— t Parker 110 in— 1 



Ties on four— Onstatt, Weinberg and Edwards divide. 



"Tes on three, miss and out— Duuker 4, Jeunell 3, Forsyth 1, Kent 3, 



Dunker... 

 Onstatt... 



•I; until . 



iqdll : 



$2, purse $20 : 



R By! 



SEdwaid-, 



11 M Gondii 



11 Onstatt 



8 Ileuvtt 



Kent Mi ■ 



Ties ou four— EU 

 divided 



. . 111100 - 2 .1 Forsyth 10101—3 



Illio—l TSKent 11111—5 



... 11110—4 Br Parker 0IU1— I 



01100—4 J W lire.er..., 00000— 



Onloi— 2 J Weinberg 01010-2 



entrant 

 •1 Jeunell.. 



I) lllln! ill.. 



K Sylvester 

 S Edwards 

 II M Gondii 



_ .. -ds 3, Condit 3, Parker 2. Condit and Edwards 

 :ond; Forsyth llilrd money. 

 c|8, pu; 



11011—4 J Forsyth 11111—6 



fm, ni— 2 J Weinberg 111101— 3 



10110—8 J W Grear 11111—5 



11011—1 S Hewett non-4 



DlOll—3 



Forsyth and Greai divide. 



Ties on four— Jeunell 1, Utwett 0, Edwards 0. JeiuieU won SeCOhd. 



Ties on three— Sylvester u, coiuiit 2, Weinberg 1. condit won third. 



Entrance $i, purse {4s : 



Jeunell moil— 3 s Hewett, 11010—3 



''.1-1 ,ii nor.— 1 Crosby nonw— 1 



Grear 01011-3 Keuss ouoil— 2 



Sylvester ouin-u— Forsyth 1 1111—5 



Edwards 0100— 2 Kent OHIO— 3 



Hills 11111—6 Parker. 



Entrance *>, put^e $70 : 



Kent 11111—5 Onstatt 00101—8 



Condit. bill! — i Crosby lollO— 3 



Dunker 00011-2 Joplln 11m— 5 



Baiimer ouio— 3 Hewett. 11011-4 



Sylvester 11101 -a Grear ouol— s 



bnii'll L1101 i Edwards 11111—6 



Dr Packer oiul 1 — S Forsyth 10010-* 



Ties on Ave, miss and out— Kent 0, Joplln 1 , Edwards 0. Joplln first. 



Ties on four— Condit S, Sylvester 2, Jeunell 3, Hewett 2. Condit 

 and Jeunell divided second. 



Ties on three-Baumor 0, Parker 1, Crosby 0, Grear 0. Dr. Parker 

 third. 



CLAY PIGEONS.— The following scores were made at the third day 

 tournament held by the Central (In ) sportsman Association at Jack- 

 sonville, 111., Sept. 21 ; is yards rise : 



Sweep No. 1. 



Hills 11111—5 pricket 11111—5 



Eads oonii— 2 Jones 11111—5 



Palmer LOW— 4. Coe 1 111 1—6 



sargent loin— 4 Smith lllll— 5 



" Blue Bill " 1 11 11— 6 Brllon ooi 1 1—8 



Ties 011 five, miss and out. 



Hills 0W Jont!, 1110—8 



BlUC Bill 1111-1 000 Ow 



Pricket .....0 smith 1110-3 



Blue Bill wins. 



Sweep No. 5. 



Slmpklns 11101—4 McAninch 11 101— i 



scott 11111— 5 Koblnson nnoi— 3 



Powell Hilli—4 Benson uoouo — 



Sargent 10111—4 chambers 011(H)— 2 



Ryan 10101—3 Jeffries 10010— 2 



liillision 11010—3 Eads. 11001-8 



Phillips 11111-5 Palmer nun— j. 



Scott and Phliups divide. 



Ties on four for second money, miss and our. 



Slmpklns 110 —2 McAnmeh 111110 —5 



Powell 1111111111—10 Palmer nilllino— 9 



Sargent 111 1111 111— 10 



FIRST GERMAN NEW YORK GUN CLUB.— Club grounds at New 

 Dorp, Staten Island, Sept. 22. Regular quarterly shoo: at ten birds 

 for the champion badge, handicapped rises, score as follows : 



Cha-sBrauu 25 yards 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 0- 9 



RFahrlg 21 1 1 1 I 1 1 I 1— S 



II Zalin 21 1 10 10 10 0—4 



WmGlaccum 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 • 1 1— 9 



AQoetE 25 1 U II 1 1 * 1 1 1— 6 



Pr Schiller 25 1 1 1 l u n 1 1 1 1— 5 



Fr Hauler 21 1 1 ". 1 1 1 0— 8 



John Giaccum 21 1 1 1 1 I 1 i 1 1 1—10 



Dr Hudson 21 1 1110 11111—9 



L.M.iisen 21 1 11110 1 11 0—8 



CDs Grainger 21 1 1 I 1110 1—7 



Fr Pfaender 25 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1— 10 



John Homing 25 1 1 1011110 0—6 



Peter llemmer 21 1 1 1 t 1 0— 6 



Win lioinhoff 21 10 10 110—6 



J K.UQZ 21 0)11011011-7 



John t; Klein 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 l— s 



Fr Hockeltuann 21 1 111111101—9 



J Kubsnin 21 1 1 1 1 1 1 0— 6 



Tics on ten birds— four birds. 

 John Giaccum, 25 yds... 1 1 1 0—3 Fr Pfaender, 29 yds . . ..Ill 1—4 



F. p. 



SOUTH ABINGTO!S,Mass.. Oct. 1.— The regular shoot of the Sports- 

 man's Club I'oi ihe bad;.": took piace here lo-d.i.v ; 2, members burnt 

 powder with the lolloping result ; idolden trap, is yds., JlatiS. ASS'n. 

 rules ; 20 balls each : 



Thos.iFIsh 19 Wm Wilder io 



EE Bates 16 Henry White 9 



C F Cook 16 HVosmus 9 



M W Lincoln 15 L W Farrar ., 9 



£ Chun-hill 14 SDiekerman 9 



WCAlden 13 EM Barrett s 



W 8 Rand 13 Uhas Biekiord s 



Geo EMson 12 A A Healy s 



s c iSoves...... 12 EEdson 8 



\\ KiIdOii 12 PHSmlth s 



A H Wright 12 CBSmlth 6 



SPGuniey 12 WHCook 4 



F VV liiyant, '1 ,i Da-. Is. ..... ... 3 



A Wlnslow U 



Thos Fish wins the badge. B. 



ALGONQUIN GUN CLUB, sept. 29.— Glass ball practice; fourteenth 

 contest, for club badge ; weather very unfavorable. 



Hanna 21yds. 1111111111 101101111 1— is 



Sauer 21 " niuiiniiuiiiiii 0— it 



Hill 24 " 110 11011111110 9 10 1—13 



Dunselth 27 " 10001011 11 1 10 no u 0-12 



Male..... 21 " 0111111101101011011 0—14 



Montgomery. ..21 " 001000100101 1101 000— 7 



Lundle IS " OOOlllOllOOlOlOlOll 1— 11 



Cochran is " 11 01 1 1 1 1 1 1 10000000(1 1— 11 



Brenner IB " 10 10 1110 10 10 110 0-9 



GrlBWOld 21 " 011101Q010011100101 1—11—128 



cazenovia GUN CLUB— cazenovla, N. T.— Seventeenth shoot 

 for Wendell gold badge, presented to the Club by Burr Wendell ; 10 



balls; caiu ru'.a.y u.ip; Card's id:.;; ;-. a , . r i.i;wa: 1 im- 



yards everv lime lie v.an-, badge, up to thirty yards. Ties shot Off 

 from the dlstanye each shooier occupied during the shoot. Former 

 winners 01 b idees deOai n:,;i shooilug tor liadco. Badge won by Will 

 Thomas with ten straight at twenty-seven yards. This tuakt-s him 

 and Geo. At well tie, eaeh having won badge rour times and putting 

 them back to thirty sards. Nash, smith and covey bagged live 

 woodcock and 'l,r-,- g.-m- • and also s'dol a beautiful male woodduck, 

 which Prof. Greenland IS mounting.— Hammekless. 



SOUTH WEYMOUTH, Mass., Sept. so.— The Interesting event at 



the fair here to-day was 1 he attempt of I). Klrkvo. oil to break 200 gl ,ss 

 balls lh nine and one-halt minutes. The nap used was a Card double 

 ball aud the Use was 15 yards. Previous to the trial the trap broke 

 ill the cup and, as a consequence, the balls flew about badiy. 234 

 shots wen' tired, but the she, iter succeeded in creaking bud 17S balls. 

 •. 1 1 "idi falling to make the time advertised the shooting was bril- 

 liant considering the conditions. 



WELL1SGTON. Mass., Sept : 'i.-The weekly meet ot the Raymond 

 Club was heal al « elliugton to-day. Tin; new and popular clay 

 itgi 1. 1 1 an was used for the second time and the results secured are 

 given below, conditions 20 pigeons, pi yards rise: W B Wlthereli, 

 19 ; J F Wlthereli, 19 ; F A Johnson, is ; s J sawyer, 11 ; L Donnelly, 

 10 ; T James, s ; F Estah, 7 ; J Marston, 7 ; J K Marshall, 6. 



Answers to §orrespondentz. 



«?-NO NOTICE TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICAT IONS. 



Correnpandenti who fign their tmpeiriet oidi/ with their initials will an- 

 derstand why their question* are not dmiivi'*./ hi/ reading the. notice at (he 

 head of thin column, 



11. L. p.. Blnghamtou, N. Y., wants photographs ot Champion 

 Grouse, Tileston s Lou and champion Rufm 



c. ,M. T,, Newport, R. L— Write Mr. W. Rutherford, Allamuchy, 

 Warren Co., N. J. ; he has some tine fox terriers for sale. 



c. t;., Pittsburg. Pa.— The rabbit, season, we are informed. In your 



pens Nov. i, having tieen changed ice; im 1.1,, 



Legislature. 



G. N. T., Bryn Mawr, Pa.— Will Prof. Sldg Hfty'S new uoin enclature 

 come Into general use, or will the old be 111 amained ? Ans The new 

 nomenclature will no doubt be adopted In most cases. 



M., Tuspan, Mexico.— We can have your Mies of the Foiiest AKB 

 stkki.m bound in book form. Many of our subscribers preserve the 

 volumes in this shape. The cost Is $1.50 tor each volume plus the 

 transportation expenses. 



C B. Ti, Lynn Mass. -Will you please Inform me If there has ever 

 been an Instance known oi the real fresh water black bass being 

 takPn In sail water'.' Acs. We have n,_-v r he., id 01 rlieir being caught 

 In salt water arid doubt If they would live there. 



1. 11. C, Post, Mills, VL-Will you please lntormme where I can get 

 a bust of Iztiak \\ aliou. also a skfich of his lite •; aiis. VVi: do not 

 know where d bu-t, can bo obtained. You will nnd the sketch In the 

 best editions or the Complete Angler by Walton and cotton. The 

 latest American edition Is the best. PHBB SO, 



E.— I have a thick coated dog whose hair la now coming out and 

 looks lifeless and dry. I fear he is just beginning to have mange. I 



