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F.innij I'cm-El.-hn—Tir. Win. Jarvis' (Claremont, N. H.) red Irish 

 set to- bitch Fanny Fern whelped Hit-. 1 three bitch puppies by cham- 

 pion lilclio. 



r.iWr )W-5Ir. E. F. Mereluiotrs English pug bitch Little Pet baa 

 >'i-i doss and two Ditches— by Mr. John Harper's Imported 



1 '■' 'I I' I '!■■,'. I' 



Irfta -Mr. L. U.Andrews' (Charlotte, N. C) Llewelllu setter bitch 

 Leila (Letepster-Klrby) whelped Dec. l, nine— 6 bitches and 4 dogs— bv 

 champion Gladstone. 



Fly— Mr, A. P. Kltchlng's nallve English setter bitch Fly -whelped 

 Nov. 2', s—o dogs and 2 bitches -by Mr. W. A. Rea's English setter 

 dog Beitram. Two bliches black and white, three dogs white with 

 lemon spots, two dogs lion wlih white feet and one lemon with soma 

 white. Two dogs since dead. 



SALES. 



Racer— By Mr. J. X. Bodge, Detroit, Mich. , to Mr. W. H. Todd, of 

 Vermilion, Ohio, the celebrated stud dog Kacer by Rally (Sain— 

 Dolly) out of Mil (Warrior— Rosey). Racer Is two years old past, 

 past, was bred by Gen. Kowett, and Is line In beagle points and an 

 excellent stock dog. Mr. T. proposes to use him In his stud for a 



While. 



Nelly B-Bj the CeutrevlUe Kennel to Messrs. liurlch and Colevlll, 

 Mllilnir.v, Mass , tue black, white and tan beasle bitch Nelly B, three 

 years old, said to be by Dan out o( Katie she is thorOu ftih brokei 



Fanny -By Mr. Isaac Phelps, ol Sew York, to Mr. E. F. Mercllllott 

 the one year old red, wbtl i i ticked Better tat eh puppy Fanny. 



ter bite 



locust ' 

 Rousu 



Bennett 



(Mtm.-u'i. 



Belli - 



. has sold the Gordon set- 



'nip (Gypey-stod dajd'9 Uukejby Dukeof 



ei to Mr. c. U. Thomas, Duxbury, Mass. 

 . Collins, Lancaster, Mass., to Mr A. W. 

 the imported St. Bernard dog Rousseau 



Mr. W. 11. Todd to Mr. 0. E. White, Cleveland, Ohio, the 

 'i Belie, by champion Rattler, (Warrior— Rosey,) Sis out of 

 .Darwin l.ady)-i;elie was white, black and tan, 



W. LI. Todd, to Joel Miller, Kldgeway, Penn., the -white, 

 black and tan beagle dog, Storm, by champion Rattler, out ot Sis 

 (Darwin La ' 



Faith— W. il. Todd, to Garrett Sharroek, Uueyrus, Ohio, the white, 

 black and tan beadle bitch, Filth, out of Vic (Darwin Lady,) by 

 champion Fattier. (\\ amor Kosev) 



Lulu-- W. H. Todd, to S. B. Smith, St Paris, O., the white, black 

 and tan beagle bitch. Lulu, out of Sis by champion Rattler. 



A'aro— W U.Todd. (0 L. O. Bird, North Fusion, Mass., the white, 

 black and tan beagle dog, Sam. by champion Lee out ol Maud 

 Upot— Mllie) 



Punir.—R? Mr. \V. IL Todd to <"apt. D. M. Morris, Peoria, 111., the 

 white, blue and tan. calk ,1 I: fed, ie ".lie dog Panic out of Bessie 



(Singer— Ring) by Klngold (Warrior— Rosey) litter brother to champ- 

 Ion Rattler and Lee. 



c ... -i:y Mr. W, 11. Todd to A. K. Barnes, Wakeman, O., the white, 

 black am; . a ■■ a.l-Pi -h Sis out. ot Lady (Rock— Fau) by Darwin. 



E ■:< ■• .' ■• ■■-■ ■■■■■ "•.-■'■■ -Ik'. Dr. Win. Jarvis, Claremont. N. H , to Mr 

 John (hi ild. Ww, Leoanon, N. H., a red Irish setter dog puppy by 

 Klchoout 01 N 



Ji7i'/h> A'" ■ ' , — l.v Dr. Wm. Jarvis, Clarernont, N. D., to Mr. Geo. 

 W. Farweil, and, ot the same place, a red Irish setter dog puppy by 

 champion Elcho out ol' Rose. 



MISSED. 



W. n. Pierce's (Cortlandt Kennel, Peek-skill, N. T.) red Irish setter 

 bitch champion oussie, dc: to whelp Nov. 13, has missed to Larry. 



DEATHS. 



Jle.no III .—Kttqene, Hale HtUr-Vlx, E. Mercilllott's black pointer 

 Ditch Reno III. has lost by death her litter ol pups— eight In all- 

 seven dogs and one bitch— by same owner's liver and white stud dog 

 Eugene Dale. 



n*ED. 

 -On November 25 Dr. Wm. .Tarvls' champion Rose to his 



EVOLUTION IN PAPER CHALLENGES. 



THE curious catalogue of performances with the rifle, 

 which is given in the challenge to Dr. Carver from 

 the representative of the Indian boy, Ot'.o, seems to 

 reach the very top notch of absurdity in the way of 

 these paper pronunciamentos. They are gradually grow- 

 ing into an interesting department of the literature of 

 rifle shooting, and each one is more bombastic than the 

 preceding one3. Why it is necessary to combine flip-flap 

 with marksmanship we fail to see ; but since th^e thing has 

 become epidemic, we think it only fair to give notice lo 

 young Otto and others of his ilk that we have a champion 

 carefully laid away on paper, who, while riding at full speed 

 on the wild horse of Tartary, catches a loaded rifle shot at 

 him from a 15 -inch Rodman cannon, springs through a ring 

 of fire, pulls the trigger of the rifle, making the bullet car- 

 rom on a soap-bubble floating a thousand feet high. The 

 bullet then enters through the chimney of a factory hard by, 

 carroms again on a revolving fly-wheel and knocks the eye 

 oat of the Goddess of Liberty on a three cent piece in the 

 engineer's pocket. If Otto cares to enter such a trial we 

 shall expect him to supply the engineer, the chimney, the 

 Rodman gun and the wild horse of Tartary. We will fur- 

 nish ihe soap-bubble and the three-cent piece. 



Dr. Carver just now is engaged in an animated quarrel 

 with the members of the London Gun Club, and has been 

 firing some pretty spicy paper bullets at them. We hope he 

 may find time to pen an acceptance to the Otto effort. 



OUR CHRISTMAS NUMBER 

 Will Be Published next Thursday, Dec. 22. We have 

 prepared for our readers upon that occasion a rich fund of 

 entertainment; and we hope that the Forest and Stream 

 may add to their holiday pleasures. Among other contents 

 of that number we may mention the followiug; 



Tub Bin Bear of Hermosa. 



A Riverside Romanob. 



The Cetti8e of toe Nipper — III. 



A Tale of Wacoamaw Lake. 



Sport as Brain-food— I. 



Besides these there will be the usual compliment of good 

 things in the several departments of the paper. 



Southern Game Grounds. — Very many sportsmen are 

 now seeking information about the resorts for sport at the 

 South. Will Southern sportsmen, who are familiar with 

 such localities, oblige by supplying us with data for publica- 

 tion ? 



The New Zsaland rabbit plagued farmers, whose woes are 

 told a by our Dunedin correspondent, would doubtless wel- 

 come "cannery" down there. Cannot the California quail 

 canners be induced to emigrate 7 



The Streams of New England are drying up. Proof : 

 the fact, noted by President Wilson at a recent meeting of 

 the New York and New England Railroad Companies, that 

 in Massachusetts "many mills which have depended upon 

 water for their motive power have been obliged to stop 

 during dry seasons, and most of them arc now putting in 

 other machinery, and will in the future rely upon coal as 

 their motive power." This is of interest to transportation 

 lines and coal companies, and also to anglers. What with 

 dams, sawdust and the cutting down of forests, and un- 

 seasonable fishing and netting, the fish have been pretty well 

 depleted already. Now that the water supply is growing 

 less the fish will go too. 



The Monthly Meeting of the New York Game Protec- 

 tive Association was held at Pinard's last Tuesday evening. 

 The counsel of the Association, Mi'. Wagstaff, reported 

 that there were no cases of violation of the law now in his 

 hands. The Secretary, Mr. Cuthbert, read letters and com- 

 plaints from many parts of the State. Complaints were 

 made against some of the State game protectors, but they 

 were in such an indefinite shape that we cannot repro- 

 duce them. Mr. Roosevelt, the president, spoke in the 

 highest terms of the rainbow trout of California, extolling it 

 beyond our native species. At 11 p.m. a supper was served, 

 at which fish and game predominated. 



Our Advertisers.— We invite attention to the notices of 

 leading firms in our advertising columns. The principal 

 houses of the trade are there represented. We rigidly dis- 

 criminate against unreliable dealers in firearms, and thereby 

 make the respectability of all who use the advertising 

 columns of the Forest and Stream relied upon by readers 

 and purchaser. 



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We Repeat It because it is the truth, and will bear repe- 

 tition : A year's subscription to this purnal is the best possi- 

 ble holiday gift for a man, old or young. Send it to your 

 friend and prove for yourself if our advice is not right. 



The Latest Threatened Outrage is a California "quail 

 cannery." If such an engine of bird destruction is got up, 

 the sportsmen of that state may as well sell their guns and 

 dogs, and look for some other form of recreation than shoot- 

 ing. 



One of the Worcester Hunting Cars will go to Florida 

 this winter with a party of excursionists. An account of the 

 last Western trip of the "Jerome Marble" is given by a 

 correspondent to-day. 



The Spider's Poison— Boston, Sept. 10. — A short time 

 ago I saw a grasshopper minus a hind leg struggling in the 

 web of a large spider in a fence corner. The spider rushed 

 from his silken tube, but on seeing the size of his guest stop- 

 ped, and for about ten minutes remained at a standstill. I 

 was cilled away for a short time, but when I returned I 

 found a smaller spider biting the grasshopper, while the own- 

 er of the nest stood by awaiting the result, and apparently 

 urgiDg the other on. A friend suggests that perhaps the 

 large spider had not the means of poisoning his victims, and 

 called in the other as one would a policeman to lake care of 

 the intruder. — V. 



TRYING TO RHYME "TAERAPIN.' 



ILL 



A question grave disturbed the land, 

 To know It the beauteous Tarrapln 

 " Was llsh or game." Some took the stand 

 That It was game, although no hai i-y skin 

 Had It But I, for one, contend 

 That It Is a llsh with nere' a fin. 

 And It these lines the prize should win 

 Just send It along, sir, to 



CLAEA Fi.y 



A DOMESTICATED WILD TUBKET.— Devil's Eiver, Tex., 

 Dec. 3. —Visiting a contractor's camp a few days Bineo, my atten- 

 tion was called to a domesticated wild turkey hen, which was cap- 

 tured when a cluck a day or two old. It was caught last June on 

 the Muces River, and for a few days, was very timid. Being allowed 

 to run about the camp, it very soon becamc'accnatomed to i'a sur- 

 roundings, and is now thoroughly domesticated- It was very much 

 attached to a young man in the oamp ; would follow him about, 

 feed from his hand, jumping into his lap, and showing the greatest, 

 affection for him. Since Ihe departure of the young man the tur- 

 key seems quite lost and disconsolate! running about the camp 

 calling for its loet friend in its most plaintive notes. It will make 

 en excellent decoy to bring some old gobbler to bay. This ia the 

 first instance under my observation of a wild turkey being domes- 

 ticated. I have known of the eggs being hatched under a hen and 

 of all the brood running off as soon as they were old enough. 

 Isn't it somethiug unusual?— Geo. W. Polk. 



A. J. M., Bridgeport.— now can I brown my gun-barrels? They 

 rust very easily In their present condlii n. .\ns. We should advise 

 yon to send your barrels to a competent gunsmith. Like most other 

 things In which practice makes peilect, bluing of gun-barrels is best 

 done by those who make it a part ot their business. If you want to 

 try it yourself, you may follow nils (oi inula : Make a preparation ot 

 tincture of muriate of Iron, one ouuuc; mine ether, one ounce: sul- 

 phate of copper, four scrtipls; rain water, one pint. Securely plug 

 up the barrels, leaving the plugs or sufficient length Co boused as 

 handles. Thoroughly clean the barrels with soap and water ; covel 

 with a thick coat or slacked lime, and when dry remove with an Iron 

 wlresoratoh brush ; this Is to 



ll.HI 



,nd a lo' 



four applications. When the process is completed, let the barrels re 

 main in lline w.-uer.for a short time to neutralize any acid which may 

 have pane rated. Do not touch the barrels themselves during the 

 operation. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



OrnO NOTICE TAKEN OF ANONYMOUS COMMUNICATIONS. 



C. H., Harrlsburg, Pi.— The gun Is a full choke. 

 Deooy.— We never heard of India-rubber decoys. 

 J. W. T., Danbury, Conn.— The address asked for Is care this office. 



T. W. S., Jr., Little Rock, Ark— The address of the Arm Is Birming- 

 ham, Eng. 



O. W. H.— We Ik i -in 'mentor arm you 



mention, because we thought such recusal tor the Interest or our 

 readers. 



"Mills." -Will a Western correspondent, who some months ago 

 sent us an article on game protective methods, please send address 

 to this office ? 



Hall. Syracuse.— 1. The man 1s a second-hand book dealer. Try 

 ]-: .:i " ir.'s -' Florida" published by Appletons. 2. Take a shot-gun to 

 Florida with rifle auxiliary barrel. 



E. I>. W., Dover, N. H.— Dealer in foreign stamps Is Jno. W. Scott, 

 140 Fulton st., New York. Dealers In scroll-saw patterns, Adams * 

 Bishop, 46 Beekraan St., New York. 



K rick's Guide.— Mr. H. 0. Crlckmore, of the World, 31 Park Row, 



New York, announces that bis well known "Guide to the Turf" lor 

 the year 1SS2 will be on a much larger scale, than the previous edi- 

 tions 



J. N. W., Frederick. Md.— Ot the " cheap John" gnns you mention 

 one may be rate and another not. If you want a gun to shoot, hawks 

 about cbe farm write to some of the respectable dealers ror a second- 

 hand arm. 



J. L., Rochelle, 111.— Does choke-boring a gun enlarge the gauge '.' 

 For Instance, if I get a No. 10 choke-bored will It shoot a No. 10 shell 

 same as betore, or will It take a No. -9 ? Ans. It takes the same size 

 o< shell as before. 



F. N. w, New York.— what are the charges at Havre de Grace for 

 duck shooting? Ana The charges for whole equipment, with boats, 

 sink-boxes, artendan ?, Is. Sin topper day. The shooting there at 

 the end of this month will depend upon the weather. 



Gunner, Bangor, Me —The New York agents ot the gun say that 

 they never have" known ol one ot their laminated steel or twist bar- 

 rel guns bursting. The guns, they say, are made or the best ma- 

 terial, and are all proved with more than the usual care. 



W. E. P , West Lebanon, Ind.— 1. The American guns will not 

 get more shaky than the others without ex enslon ribs. 2. The 

 names you mention as put on guns have no n easing- They are not 

 names ol the manufacturers. Tne guns are of interior grade. 



PHti.ADKLriiiA C0KKKSPOMDENT.— The revolver which Is advertised 

 as a free newspaper premium by the Now York firm Is a cheap and 

 undesirable affair. The "Ivory handle" appears only m the adver- 



l:i«ill(T;l, i IV a illl'.a I'.-;:', ■, lieir.j nl .' i.">u " ' ' ' : '' : '" " '•' ' ; ' 



It Is a sham from the word go. Beware of It. 



C. A. P, Mllford, Mass.— Joseph Manton was a famous English gun- 

 makrr who lived 1T66-1836. His business was afterward carried on 

 bv John Manton. The Manton guns are now rare, and much prized 

 by their possessors. We saw one the other day, a muzzle-loader, 

 which had been nought by a friend at an auction In this city. 



Cnir.MUNk, Hudson, N. Y.— The arm you Inquire about is sold at 

 the " extraordinary low price I" because it could not be sold at a legit- 

 i in iteprlce by Its manufacturers and has been in eonspqm-nce turned 

 over to the " cheap Johns" ror them to get ricl of to gullible purchas- 

 ers. '1 he claims made for the arm are about as sensible as tlr se 

 in nted on fihn opposite page of the circular setting forth the wonders 

 of clairvoyance. 



K., Troy, Pa.— 1. Are the Creedmoor rul^s and those of the Nat tonal 

 R. A. the same ? 2. Is it tne rule to add 2 to the score of open sights 

 in shooting with globe and peen sights? :i. How do they count the 

 score In case or a tie ? Ans. 1. Yes. 2. No. There is no general 



■ i hand ipplng. 3. In single distance by the fewest number 

 of misses, then by tin- fewest outers and so on. If still a tie, then by 

 the Inverse order of shots. If an absolute tie, by shooting off. 



C. F. IL, Buffalo, N. Y.— Can you Inform me of any publication on 

 tlie culture of ihe uennan cam '.' An- '"",. ' :s by Dr. R. Hes- 



nilatendsnt National Carp Ponds, Washington, D. C. This 

 lot ins a purr, or the neport of the U. S. Fish commission, Pan IV., 

 1S75. '76, pp. S6n-»tl0. It was also separately pi lilted in pamphlet, 

 form at the Government Printing OiHce, is- . ■ published en- 

 tlre. wllh the original cuis, In Foiiest and Stbkam, vol. XVE.pp. 

 !«'.!. 2.-i2, 271. 2i)n. of the following dates: April 21,23; M ay 5 and 12, 

 1SS1. 



C. N. P., Newark. N. J.— 1. A party of three wish to go South about 

 January i.for ducks, quail and turkey. Can we find any shoot- 

 ir-- ground at Currituck or Kitty Hawk, or are the grounds all bought 

 up? 2. How would the duck and water fowl shooting be at New 

 Berne, S. c? Ans. 1. At Currituck you will llnd open shooting 



m .is at Mrs. Nye's and at W'ulte's. See last week's p iper. article 

 :..:-. rersi ■ Party In the South," for Information, about thl& 2. 

 At New Berr.e the shoot Inn has Inen reported good for marsh birds, 

 etc., with quail, turkeys, deer, etc See Issue ot July 2?, issi. At 

 New Berne stop at boarding-house kept by Miss Sarah D I vis. f1-00 

 per day, is per week, $25 per month. You will be all right so far as 

 open season goes. 



J. W., Foxboro, Mass.— Last winter I sent on to Washington for 

 German 'nip. re. eiv -d the blanks lilled them out, an 1 s-nt them to 

 nur ren.--'-:'.:ai ,-.--. but liaye heard nothing since from ihem. Now, 

 idon i are to try that way again, bul are there not some or those 



fortunate ones, whose carp are mul 



ipKIna; n 



would be willing to pan, with a few 



it them fr 



Ans. No doubt there are members of ( 





applications for carp. There are nonl 



tor sale. 



have ,_ ilea inil.-ll - ned 1 lie let "ia ' 





M arket, New V ork c l r ; , , ■ - . - i a . • ;•.."■ 





oi carp and we have anno ini lb 





Write to him and you win get some. Y 





from New York and rei urn the can, o 





The fish are safely shipped, wlmout a 



i aitendan 





HOLIDAT PRESENTS. -Skates, Flneu Quality Cutlery, Fine 

 Opera Glosses, Parlor UlfUs, Air Rifles, Air i-lstols, Spoilsmen's 

 Outfits, etc., at Rltzman's, V4i Broadway, above 22d st. All goods by 

 the best makers, with latest improvements at lowest prices.— Aav, 



JJ/#* md §[t[ag Shavting. 



RANGE AND GALLERY. 



GYMNASTIC MARKSMANSIM P. 



THE San Francisco A Hi Ca!:'-.>rn ■'«, of December 2, contained the 

 following response to Dr. I iiresto : 



Dk, Cakver: 



sir: In n-spoDse to \ our swe-'plng ehaller.ge emanating rrom 

 Loudon, Otto (aged tin.— n years), inr.i'.igii his r- pic.-.m [alive, the 



manshlp for tin- sum of $5,000. the ..riair to caJa place in London at 

 such time and place us may be luuiuully agreed upon, and the 

 match to be governed solely upon scientniu principles, otto accept- 

 ing your line ol shooting wllh his own, and yourself adopting IPs 

 i-.Kti pours; such shoodng as with mirror-, and other frivolous 

 methods w be wholly Ignored as u. worthy of lecogultloii fnuii a 

 Scientific standpoint. As llils Is to be simply a trial ot skill, the 

 various . : a. comprising your own and Otto's con- 



lolntly, must becouflDed to twenty shots each, as no lunl.ei- number 

 ..ry to demonstrate skill in marksmanship, anything over 

 that being merely lnolcailve of physical torce. 



tn a match of the nature now contemplated— viz., or simple skill 

 In markmanship-the tiresome feat of breaking IO.UO0 t'l.iis balls 

 would be out ot place and noc legitimately compatible with ihe pur- 

 pott oi Hie occasion, also unworthy ot the enormous prolongation of 

 rime consumed In It's essayal. As you have Introduced the horse as 



